until

until you publish that book

that they find on the store shelves,

you are not a writer &

until you record that song

that they hear on the charts,

you are not a musician &

until you play that part

that they find in the movie in the

theater,

you are not an actor &

until you pay that money to go to

that college,

you are not a student &

until you go on a diet & buy those

beauty products,

you are not pretty &

until you vote for someone to do

something,

“you have no right to complain” &

until you believe in a “god(s),” a

“spiritual path,” or “a belief in

beliefs,”

then you are not an honest person

(not to be trusted) &

until you accept all this as the only way

to be,

you’ll have a good chance at

happiness.