Today, people often want to be rich – cash beyond their wildest dreams. Is that true happiness? It isn’t. Each day a lot of wealthy individuals and a lot of average individuals pass through my office. There isn’t any correlation between net worth and overall happiness. Balance is something you may want to consider as it relates to happiness. Perhaps having a true balance between a happy self, great family and personal lives and a comfortable fiscal state will bring more happiness. Our country is so wound up with money that the essence of happiness has been shifted – people are chasing their tails.
Money can be used for good or evil – it has been used by a few greedy dictators to hurt, kill, oppress, scare and control populations. It has been used by countless wonderful people to help, cure, heal, save, protect and grow most of the planet. What is your relationship with money? Are you happy with what you have? When will enough be enough? Are you saving enough? Are you giving enough away? Do you have a stewardship plan that makes you feel warm inside or is it painfully lacking? If there is wealth or a business in your family is there a plan in place to develop the family members to ultimately take on the responsibility such wealth comes with? Do you have a plan to help the community, to further the cause in the next generation?
