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“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.“
–Rabindranath Tagore
We all love bright, sunny days, but have you ever noticed how the most beautiful skies have some beautiful clouds floating around up above?
Life is much the same way… [Read more…]
Living (and loving) Life
Here’s an interesting (and fun) hypothetical for you to consider…
You apply for a very dangerous and difficult job that pays an enormous amount of money for the relatively short time you’ll have to spend working on it.
The job will take 30 days to complete and you’ll receive your pay in cash when the job is finished at the end of day 30.
The person hiring you says you can choose one of two ways to get paid: [Read more…]
Living (and loving) Life
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”
-–Steve Jobs
Have you ever seen a parent try to coach their child’s Little League team from the bleachers, and attempt to influence or even over-ride the decisions of the coach?
Or perhaps you knew someone who tried to mimic the lifestyle of a celebrity without having the financial wherewithal to pull it off?
In all likelihood those folks were trying to live someone else’s life instead of their own.
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“The greatest gift is a passion for reading.“
–Elizabeth Hardwick
My love for reading started when I was little more than a toddler, and it has never waned in all the years since I held that very first book.
It all started with my dad…
Times were hard back when my dad was a child. They were so hard in fact that he quit school after 6th grade to work and help feed his large family.
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If you’re one of the millions of Americans making mortgage payments every month you probably dread having to write out that big check every time the next one comes due.
And if you’re a typical borrower with a thirty year mortgage, you probably know you’ll be writing out a grand total of 360 of those large checks.
What’s more, you probably know you’ll likely end up paying about as much in interest over the course of the loan as you borrowed in the first place. [Read more…]