Money is Valuable When It Is Circulated
Money-what is it? These are pieces of paper that have official imputed worth added to them. Let’s think about this for a moment: what is it that makes money valuable?
We have discussed about the attributes of money and effective methods on making money. We learn about how to gain financial freedom and we have looked up all the facts on wealth building that we know. This is beneficial for us but there is one more quality you must know about money-money must circulate.
Money is worthwhile only if it is circulated. Your efforts on making money will become a waste if you are not going to cash in your check and use the proceeds. Seems easy enough to grasp but you will be surprised that people still don’t know this truth and sacrifice an excellent quality of life for wealth building that have no purpose but to be accumulated.
An example of such a person is old Mr. Chapman. He used to go around streets looking for junk that others have discarded so he can sell them off for whatever amount he can get. Mr. Chapman had never become rich because he lived the same way until he died after several years.
Because Mr. Chapman didn’t have relatives or friends who lived nearby, the police came to examine and account for his possessions. As expected, his home was filled with old junk and memorabilia he has amassed through the years-what they didn’t expect was boxes of cash amounting to more than $100,000 littered around the house.
You would think that $100,000 is the very definition of financial freedom; but not one person could say that the elderly junk dealer was ever a success. He had the dusty money, but because he never used it for himself or other people-the cash was as good as the old cast-offs he used to collect.
Don’t get me wrong, you must never spend all that you have on wasteful living-of course not. What we are saying is that you must use money to enjoy and have a quality of life everybody deserves. Exercise wisdom in managing your finances, but always put money in its proper place in your life.
We think that poor Mr. Chapman was a foolish old man who should have known better but really, many people who become rich are guilty of the same crime of accumulating without really using their wealth well. Ultimately, your success lies not in the amount you have amassed– but by the life you have lived.
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