Where is the Time and Money?
An informal survey (by me) over the last two weeks has revealed
an interesting statistic.
I asked almost everybody I spoke to (even strangers) if they had
enough time. If they had enough time I asked if they had enough
money.
Most said they had neither enough time nor money. A few (very
few) had time but no money. Even fewer had enough money.
Then I asked if they knew anyone who had enough time and money.
One person could name three people, but I do not think he knew
them very well. He was one of the few who knew someone.
My wife named three people. All were retired. All had worked the
same jobs most of their lives and had paid for their homes. One
was her grandmother of 93, one was a single man of 84 and the
other was a couple in their late 60's that lived in the same
place all their lives.
Ouch! Can this be true? Do the majority of people not have time
and money until they retire? Which brings up this question. Is
it OK to have time and no money? Or is it OK to have money but
no time?
Are we spending (literally) our whole lives chasing after time
and money with little possibility of reaching that goal until
late in our lives?
Why am I even writing about this? What is the point? Does it
even matter that we seem to chase time and money our whole
lives?
One thing that comes to mind is our kids. You know, the children
that are growing up to lead the world, and solve the problems we
are leaving to them. What are we teaching them by our actions?
We aren't teaching them much directly because we are too busy!
Maybe I write this out of guilt. How many times have I told my
boys I am too busy to listen, play, talk, watch a movie, read a
book, and go outside or a thousand other things kids want to do?
Or maybe this is the same thing that attracts me so powerfully
to the BeDoHave formula.
I have said that most people are Doing something to Have stuff
so they can Be somebody. This is the formula we have been
conditioned to accept since before we were born by our parents,
peers, advertising and entertainment. DoHaveBe.
Do you see how we can never have enough stuff to be somebody
because there is always more stuff to have? Under this formula
we are scrambling, using all our time to earn money so we can
buy stuff. Are we not using our time and money in order to be
somebody? The big question is when are we going to be somebody?
When will we have enough stuff?
Let's turn the formula around to BeDoHave. I think that might be
the cure!
First we work on the Being ourselves. Who are you? Be that
person first. * Next we find what it is we love to do. Do that
with passion and joy. Give it everything you got!
Then comes the more difficult part. We must have faith in the
Universal Energy that when you Be who you are and you Do what
you love that you will Have what you will need.
I think the people who do have enough time and enough money are
following the BeDoHave formula. Now I know what questions to ask
for my next survey!
Your Coach and online friend, Miami
Miami Phillips Helping others find their path - and stay on it.
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Quotation of the Week Your soul doesn't care what you do for a
living. Your soul cares only about what you're being while
you're doing whatever you're doing.Neale Donald Walsch
(Conversations with God)