I have a simple way to determine how to purchase "big ticket" items. I have probably shared it before but I am going to share it with you again today...
If a "big" purchase is being evaluated, I usually think about it in this manner - I envision the item in question sitting beside the purchase price in dollars sitting side by side on the table. For example, let's say it is a flat screen television that costs $500. I envision the flat screen television sitting on the table next to $500 in cash. Then, I ask myself, "Would you rather have the television or the cash?" If I decide the television is more valuable than the cash, we purchase the television. If I feel the cash is more valuable, we don't buy the television.
Today's word is a quote by Jim Rohn on value, which says, "The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become."
With enough money, you can get most anything. However, when your time on earth is over, you'll leave all the stuff behind. On the other hand, the person you become, the testimony you leave, the joys given to others are the valuable things.
There are lots of folks out there who believe that they are someone special just because they have a lot of monetary value. All their possessions, however, will not save them from the same end that we will all share. When they depart this life, all their stuff will go to someone else. I pray that all they are known for is not just the stuff they possessed while they were here.
Yes, there are some things in this world that cost a lot of money. But, nothing is more important than a good name and a good reputation. The value of your life is not in what you possess but in Who possesses you!
Be Blessed,
Mickey T
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