Don’t Chase Money
Saturday, August 1st, 2009“Don’t Chase Money”
I’ll tell you why with one single quote!
“Poverty-one thing money can’t buy.”-Lynwood L. Giacomini
This may or may not make any sense to you but stick with me for a while and hopefully I can help you make sense of this!
Back when I was in the 6th grade my family was “BROKE“! We lived in a small 2 bedroom house with the dining room converted to a bed room (and bed sheets as doors!) We were lucky to get new clothes from Wal-Mart…75% of what we owned came from “yard sales” and “flea markets”. It is funny looking back on it now but my parents had to break down and get “Food Stamps” and when Mom came home with the van full of groceries I honestly thought that we had hit the lotto!!!
I said that to say this, Yes times were hard and I’m sure there were times that they wanted to quit and just give up. But it was those times that my sister and I grew as close as we did!(O.K. so she is my step-sister but blood wouldn’t make any differance I still would die for her) We didn’t have the things that other kids did. We would sit down and play cards for hours or bottle ball(same as baseball but empty plastic bottles as the ball)
We laughed together and cried together…People say that if they could go back they would change so much!
I wouldn’t change being poor at that time in my life for anything! We didn’t have the best clothes or the fancy house or car but we had each other!
Chasing money can take your eyes off of what you truly wish for, “Happiness“!
I can say that because I’m sure that piece of paper with some dead guy on it (no disrespect) has no meaning behind it…It’s the feeling that comes with it that your looking for! I promise money is not what brings happiness. I’ve lived happy while broke, and also with money and completely miserable!
“Don’t Chase Money”
Pursue Happiness!!
When it’s all over with, that is all that matters!!
From this day forward I hope you can find your true happiness and just live life instead of worrying over money “SMILE“! And listen to Bob Marley-“Don’t worry about a thing ’cause every little thing is gonna be alright!”
I wish for you “True Happiness!”
As always Be Good and
“Stay Boosted!”
C.J. Hallock
Ps. “There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.” Epictetus
