Why One Million Dollars, Why Money at All, Why Me Rather Than Someone Else?
Three Questions, all easily answered…
Why One Million Dollars? Why not? It’s sort of like running a marathon. You start training a few miles at a time. Before you know it, you’re running 5, then 10, then 15 miles. When you can go out and run 15 miles without tons of pain, (I hear) you can go ahead and do another 11 miles to finish a marathon periodically. If I can get to $1,000,000, I can create infinite wealth.
Why Money at All? Well, money is the means to other things, even some intangible things. Quality of life is important for my family and it enables us to sustain our habits. Some righteous folks might argue that I don’t need “things” and I say they’re right. I also say it’s okay to have them. More importantly than “things” for the quality of life for my family, having money enables one to perform acts that without it might be impossible. For example, I want to volunteer. The only volunteering I do now is blood donation. I can afford to do it because my employer allows me to do it during work hours. They also sponsor it so the Red Cross comes to us. It’s convenient. What about active volunteering (e.g., serving lunch at a soup kitchen, teaching first aid - or job skills, or school)? I’d like to do a little. But, I work. I have the day job that precludes me from certain activities. I have the family that I like to spend time with and that needs me. If I could volunteer during the times when the kids are in school and the wife is working (or joining me), that would be just fine! Church? I’d love to have enough money so that I could be a significant resource to the church. It would bring me great pleasure to honor God through giving significant financial resources, especially while my children are young and my time is limited.
Why me rather than someone else? Only because I’m motivated to do it. We can all do it if we choose. I don’t have believe I’m more deserving than others to be called a millionaire. I just want it. I want others to want it, too. If anybody reading this is skeptical, please, PLEASE read One Minute Millionaire
And, if you want an example of somebody that’s made a life for himself helping others and doing so on his own terms, you have to check out Steve Pavlina. The guy’s pretty interesting to say the least. I don’t agree with everything he writes but I certainly agree with his motives.