Why my life is upside down.
I'm telling you, if you don't get your head together, you'll lose everything you have. How many times have I taken you to places with better people for your networking? How many times have I called you just in case?
Lourenço, what I have, don't look at it like a fish that has already bitten the bait. I mean, don't think you have everything through me. You are a growing human being, and if you ignore this wisdom, you will grow frustrated.
Lourenço, that time you told your friend that you have everything and don't need anything else, you put your mind in an indifferent prison. If you had said, "I have someone who paved the way for my future steps, who gave me the strategies and skills I needed to get started. Through me, Lourenço, how many times have I bought books to stop, and you simply didn't want to read them? The last book I bought was about money management. If my mindset weren't rich, without what we have, I would be poor, and since my energy is running out, you need to help me empower your mind every day to begin gaining maturity and help me in the future. Lourenço, why do you think so small, so small, like the size of an ant?
The studies I paid for you aren't privileged for everyone. Okay, so everyone knows about my wealth through you. Now that you're reaching out to me, your life is turning upside down, because deep down you have nothing; you're a show-off grown-up boy who needs to gain awareness.
It's not me who's losing, it's you, for thinking that wealth lasts if you don't work to maintain it.
I'll tell you one more thing, young man.
If you don't nourish your mind with knowledge, prepare to live poor for the rest of your life.
And then don't say that your life is upside down.
This was Lourenço's father's message to Lourenço before he left.