The reality of
wealth - "RICHNESS IS WHEN YOU NEED NO MORE"
In 1923, eight of the wealthiest people in the world met. Their combined
wealth, it is estimated, exceeded the wealth of the government of the
United States at that time.
These men certainly knew how to make a living and accumulate wealth. But
let's examine what happened to them 25 years later.
1. President
of the largest steel company, Charles Schwab, lived on borrowed capital for
five years before he died bankrupt.
2. President
of the largest gas company, Howard Hubson, went insane.
3. One
of the greatest commodity traders, Arthur Cutton, died insolvent.
4. President
of the New York Stock Exchange, Richard Whitney, was sent to jail.
5. A
member of the President's Cabinet, Albert Fall, was pardoned from jail to
go home and die in peace.
6. The
greatest "bear" on Wall Street, Jessie Livermore, committed
suicide.
7. President
of the world's greatest monopoly, Ivar Krueger, committed suicide.
8. President
of the Bank of International Settlement, Leon Fraser, committed suicide.
What they forgot was how to make a life!
Money in itself is not evil!
Money provides food for the hungry, medicine for the sick, clothes for the
needy.
Money is only a medium of exchange.
We need two kinds of education. One that teaches us how to make a living
and one that teaches us how to live.
There are people who are so engrossed in their professional life that they
neglect their family, health, spiritual life and social responsibilities.
If asked why they do this they would reply that they were doing it for
their family. Our kids are sleeping when we leave home. They are sleeping
when we come home. Twenty years later, we'll turn back, and they'll all be
gone.
Without water, a ship cannot move. The ship needs water, but if the water
gets into the ship, the ship will face problems. What was once a means of
living for the ship will now become a means of destruction.
Similarly we live in a time where earning is a necessity but let not the
earning enter our hearts, for what was once a means of living will be
become a means of destruction.
So take a moment and ask yourself....has water entered my ship? Or is my ship still floating on water?
RICHNESS
is not Earning More, Spending More Or Saving More, but "RICHNESS IS
WHEN YOU NEED NO MORE"
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