And his focus has always been money because when he was growing up his family barely had enough even though they lived in a very wealthy area they just barely squeaked by.
Though I didn't grow up in a wealthy area at all, we always had enough. I always had a bicycle after age 5 years old or later a mini-bike by 12 with a 2 1/2 horsepower engine or a car or a motorcycle as I grew up into adulthood. I always had Scuba Equipment and got my Scuba license around 12 or 14 years of age with my father.
So, I was telling him that because I always had enough my focus was never money it was helping people around me survive better. However, it is also true that if you are helping everyone you know people want you in their lives and they often help you get jobs or businesses etc.
So, it is often in a person's enlightened self interest to help everyone they know simply because "What Goes around comes around".
So, I was saying to him that my children were what was important to me always and now my grandchildren too. That they were what was important to me in life not money in itself.
HE was having a hard time relating to what I was saying for a variety of reasons but mostly it was because of what he experienced growing more than anything else.
We are all shaped by how we are raised I think and this often makes us all very different people as adults.
And then as adults we make all these choices like "Do I go to college or not?" or "Do I start or buy a business or not?"
And then the list goes on and on.
And all these choices whether you make them or not your life is still governed by all these things.
So, you can either go through life as a constant victim or you can take charge of your life and make something of yourself to better yourself and everyone around you.
By God's Grace
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