AVOID LOSING CONTRASTS

Articles In This Section:

· HOW RICH IS RICH? - part 1

· HOW RICH IS RICH? - part 2

· AN INVISIBLE PRICE TAG - part 1

· AN INVISIBLE PRICE TAG - part 2

· AN INVISIBLE PRICE TAG - part 3

· AN INVISIBLE PRICE TAG - part 4

· GAINING AN AWARENESS OF RICHES! - part 1

· GAINING AN AWARENESS OF RICHES! - part 2

· ARE YOU A CONTEST FAN? - part 1

· ARE YOU A CONTEST FAN? - part 2

· AVOID LOSING CONTRASTS

· SELF-PITY - part 1

· SELF-PITY - part 2

· SELF-PITY - part 3

The purpose of this discussion is to enable you to lay out your life pattern so that you will not reach an impasse and lose your earned happiness.

For example, let us suppose you had been in very moderate circumstances throughout your life. Suppose, by following the principles outlined in this book, you built a fortune which would enable you to live in luxury the rest of your life. If you did nothing beyond making the fortune, it would soon be meaningless to you. There would be no contrasts. But, if you laid out a long range, step-by-step program, extending for many years, you could assure yourself continuous satisfaction with life.

Your first step might be to get your financial house in order by either adjusting your expenses to accord with your income, or increasing your income to meet your expenses properly.

The next step could logically be the arranging of a program of investments so that you could accumulate a backlog of savings to insure future security. Then you could begin building an estate, by securing the home in which you and your family could be happy, appropriate furnishings, and automobiles to meet your family's requirements.

Having realized these objectives, look for new trails to blaze. Upon reaching the point where you can consider yourself wealthy, do not make the mistake of retiring. I retired once for a short period of nine months, and I do not know of any other nine months in my entire life which were as boring. I would get up in the morning feeling the need at least to pretend to do something constructive. It didn't take me long to get back into harness again and soon I was much busier than before my temporary retirement, and extremely happy.

After your accumulated wealth is sufficient to give to you and your family all that you require—plus security—you are ready for the thrill of your lifetime: helping others—those who genuinely deserve your help.

The program just outlined will provide you with a continuity of contrasts. You would always be in the enviable position of comparing blessings about to come into being with existing ones.