A Cow Don't Make Ham

     A cow don't make ham sounds kind of silly. But it is so true. It can be applied to about any situation. It is what it is. There is no Superman, Batman, Spider Man, Star Trek, Transformers or any other if the things we have came to be true. They are sort of the salve that eases our daily pains. 
     We are taught that if we believe in something enough you can make it come true. Which brings another adage up, wish in one hand and **** in the other and see which one fills up first. All the wishing and hoping in the world is not going to change reality. 
     If you are 5 foot six inches tall and cannot run or jump you are not going to be a pro basketball player. If you cannot break 100 on the golf course you are not going to be a pro golfer. You can apply this to any sport. 
     You make $20,000 a year at a low end job. This doesn't necessarily make you a bad person. However you cannot expect to have a lot of material things and life's luxuries that a billionaire has. Simple as that. No matter how much you wish and hope. It isn't going to happen. So you have to just face that reality. You can run from it but you cannot hide. It may be hard but you have to resist the urge to become unpleasant. You can still be pleasant and practice good hygiene. It may be possible to find a way to make more money or just accept the fact that this is the way it is. A cow don't make ham. 
     The system chastises people who are in lower positions. It is not conducive to a market driven economy. Contentment with what you have does not sell things or services. The system does however need the lower classes to perform tasks that the other classes consider below them. The real players in life. 
     Realistically a trade or job that was a low class job one hundred years ago is still a low class job. Although you may have a nicer, easier life. Today chances are that you will live longer. As people years ago died in their forties and fifties. Now you can try to live to reach retirement. That great thing we have been conditioned to work and hope for. This way you invest money and buy insurance to bet that you will live a long and happy life. If you do not save and take care of your self you will just find that you are old, unhealthy and broke. A cow don't make ham. 
     If you are not considered beautiful you will most likely not be a big star, model, news caster or anything else that will be advertising a product that will make you feel that way. Most of us are not going to be on the cover of Cosmopolitan or GQ. So why worry about it. Being a nerd thinking otherwise is like putting air horns on a billy goat. Useless. 
     This is the way we are conditioned from cradle to grave. You have to reach for that brass ring. Play the game. Many times if you play the game you will get burnt. How many crimes and violence is a result of discontentment with one's personal circumstances. Leading to frustration at a catastrophic level. So we smoke, drink, eat, drug and purchase ourselves to oblivion. Ending up worst then where we started. After that good feeling and the either wears off. 
     Thing of it is, is that it is what it is. A cow don't make ham.