"If a man does not have sauce, then he is lost. But the same man can be lost in the sauce."
-Gucci Mane
What is Sauce?
Sauce is what you add to food to make it taste better or sometimes worse.
When it comes to people, sauce is what makes you... you.
But what are the side effects of having no sauce?
What are the side effects of having TOO much?
We're gonna break this down Barney style.
First: The Definition
Sauce, aside from being a liquid condiment to add flavor to your food, is individualism.
There's really not much else to it.
Sauce = Individualism
Second: The Side Effects of Having Sauce
- Awareness of oneself
- Decisions are based on individual needs
- Value of personal initiative and achievement
- Guilt driven as opposed to shame driven
You begin to gain an understanding of your personal talents. Whether it be in comedy, music, science, etc; You can pin point the different things that make you who you are. When you have sauce, you will start making decisions that you believe will help you, as an individual, grow. Initiative begins to later set in when you know what you must do to achieve those saucy goals; if you don't strive for them, you know the guilt and regret you'll feel later.
Third: The Benefits of Having Sauce (When You Know You Have It)
- Increased sense of personal value and confidence
- Not influenced by the beliefs and fears of others
- Increase in personal strengths and awareness/acceptation of personal weaknesses
When you have an understanding of who you are and where you're going, there's a new light you will see yourself in. You know where your values lie and are not afraid to show them. You develop your traits and talents further and further and your development starts to become apparent to those around you. You have become who you are.
Fourth: The Negatives of Having Sauce (You have too much)
- Inflation of ones ego
- Neglect of others' needs and emotions
- Arrogance
- The acquisitions of haters as opposed to admirers
This is where it starts to go too far. You have too much sauce if you are so far detached from reality that you begin to completely neglect the well being of others. Delusion, greed, manipulation, and/or arrogance are commonly the result. The world has started to revolve around only you and you're officially more likely to gain haters as opposed to admirers. It may hit you that you have too much sauce one day, and it may not. Regardless, like ranch on your salad, you gotta learn when enough is enough.
Pro Tip: It takes a bottle and a half for it to be too much. Unless you are seriously dealing with that much salad.
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After reading this, you understand what sauce is and may be questioning whether or not you have it.
That's for you to decide? I don't know, ask your neighbor.
Just don't get lost in the sauce.