In the money

If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why?

I could choose to be rich. Having a couple of million bucks wouldn’t be so bad would it? Maybe shove some in a safe if needs be, just in case you need to access a stash. Hey, there’s nothing like instant gratification on a limitless basis. You’re in the money. You’ve won the lotto. Wahhhh, yeahhh!! Stick the bills, they suck anyway!

Go book a holiday. Maybe a cruise somewhere. That should be fun. But where? Maybe I’ll think about it later. Mmm, and with all this moolah I can settle my debts and fix numerous pending issues. But they’re not important anymore because I can pay them out – pay anyone out. Yippee!

Yes, I have a conscience. Why should I feel guilty (sitting around while everyone’s working away)? I can surely help my immediate loved ones and give them something. Be charitable. Hey, plenty to go around. Then again, I should count it up or get a finance adviser or some such. Bonds and securities – that sort of thing. Diverse portfolio. Invest and offset the tax. Yep, they’ll tell me what to do. Why worry about it? It’s just money and with enough of it the compound interest is incredible. Wowwwwwww!! Like a bloody mushrooming cloud. Booooommm!I wish..

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ravishank

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  2. Sorry, but I cannot agree w/ this. Our society is enamored of the material. Designer clothing, big houses, fancy cars. All that is meaningless. It eventually turns to dust. Read “The Confessions” by St. Augustine, if you don’t believe me. He, also, favored worldly pursuits in his youth. You have a fine mind. Surely you want your life to matter. Only eternal values endure. Love God; love neighbor.

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      1. Forgive me, Ravishank. As you say, we are so saturated by this attitude that I took you to be serious. I should have known better.

        It’s just that the situation breaks my heart. So many young people do not recognize that they are wasting their lives and their talents in the pursuit of fame and riches alone.

        None of us would willingly choose poverty, except perhaps the saints. I am not advocating the abandonment of all material goods.

        But challenge shapes our character. W/ God’s help it grows us into better men and women. That lesson seems to have been lost.

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      2. No need for apologies
        Tremendous response
        We need informed and constructive dialogue
        The garbage going down elsewhere on the net and in politics has proved useless 🙏

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