It would be wonderful to have so much money that I would have problems giving it away. I would hire a full time staff with all benefits… including dental, and find away to try and give away my fortune.
There is one problem. I forgot about the one thing that seems to be the most important; the earning of this great fortune. I have come up with a couple of dozen ways to make it big… they haven’t panned out yet… but I'm still working on 'em..
A friend once asked me if I knew the difference between someone who is rich and someone who is wealthy. He told me if a rich man’s air-conditioning system were to go out in the middle of the summer, he would just call the repairman out and write him a check for a new system. If a wealthy man’s air-conditioning system were to go out in the middle of the summer, he wouldn’t even be aware of it because there would be someone around that was paid to take care of things like that.
We all have the ability to have more money at the end of the month. I think that most of our problems are with focus and desire. I do have the desire. I am still working on the focus. Excuse me, one of my children just asked me a question about homework… what were we talking about? Umm... well, anyway… it will come back to me…
When I look at these beautiful children and look at the wonderful future that can be theirs, I couldn’t exchange the joy and rewards that come with fatherhood for one more dime. It is a challenge every day… a challenge that cannot be purchased.
My grandmother was a waitress for years and years. She told me that she didn’t make a lot of money. She did tell me that if she made $12.00 on her shift, she would go home and put $1.20 away for a day when she wouldn’t have to work anymore. Neither her nor my grandfather ever had to buy anything on credit. They had the focus.
Shannon R Killman
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