Its all mental: Instru, Funda, Detri

Once upon a time there was a guy, a guy that worked for Southwest Airlines, a guy that worked for Southwest Airlines and smuggled cocaine aboard 388 flights. The man was a baggage handler down in Houston, and he moved the "work" routinely from Houston to Baltimore. Much to the authorities chagrin, he has been doing this since 2001, *for the record this is 2008. He has recently been caught and detained and is facing a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years, however he could succumb to a life sentence. The story alluded to the idea that he was not caught with cocaine on him, however he was discovered coming off of a flight with $79,122 on his person.

A couple of bullet points here: How bad does this look for Southwest/Airport security? In fairness I read that a lot of employees don't go through the same rigors that mundane traveling patrons undergo. The ensuing point is, why didn't he stop in 2004, 2005, or 2006? If he has enough gwap (money) to walk around with eighty G's then he is clearly doing it for the thrill of the chase. But some would simply call him greedy. Getting caught is an issue, but the larger issue is the mentality that many people possess. Let's talk strategy for a moment. Follow this example: you have an individual from an impoverished background with little options and they decide to traffic illegal substances and in the course of a year they progress from O's to Keys (ounce to a Kilo, don't ask what you are thinking) and now they are playing with heavy paper or multiple G's like this man was. Usually the authorities don't care to catch nor do they look for the small time guys. So why wouldn't this person get out the (drug) game once they get their finances together, since they were fortunate enough to make it this far and cover that money in legal money i.e. a business or something. Good question right? Like Jay-z said "said that i would stop before i even started, when i got to one brick then the game i will depart with, got to one brick then i looked to the sky like, sorry God i lied but give me one more try". The irony of selling drugs is that it's sort of like using them, its an addiction.

So I shake my head at this whole story but in large part due to the mentality. I think the quality of one's life depends on their mentality, you can be the pioneer of a fortune 500 company, lose it, and have your world crumble. Or you can build it, lose it, and say "its nothing" I'll do it again because I built it and i can build it again. Just a difference of mentality. However back to the morals, do the right thing like Spike Lee said.