Debt Consolidation Depot
Debt Consolidation & Financial Information Resource Center
December 18, 2003
Have you ever noticed how things are not always as they seem? For
example, a pail filled with tiny stones may appear full until someone comes
along and pours a gallon of water into it. So it is with our finances.
Somehow most people think the next raise or quarterly bonus will lift them
out of their debt problem and propel them into living the American Dream.
Not so fast! What about your last raise or quarterly bonus? Why aren’t you
living the American Dream now?
Groton, VT (PRWEB) -- Gene Jolley, President of Kingdom Financial Principles
(KFP) and creator of the Rapid Debt Reducer software, knows that planning is
a key component to your financial success. Yet it’s amazing how many people
struggle through life without any strategy for their future security.
Perhaps that is why, as Jolley would point out, we can all take a lesson
from the ant.
There are some things humans and ants have in common. For example; it has
been estimated that the biomass of human to ant for the entire world is
about the same. But more importantly, ants like humans, live in communities
and operate under systems beneficial to the survival of the whole. Studies
of ant behavior shows they are similar to humans in other respects like;
ants communicate, fight over territory, train young workers, and even have
nursery rooms. While this is all interesting, there is one thing about the
ant that many humans struggle with—ants do not live with debt.
It is noteworthy that the Bible has long recognized the wisdom put into the
ant. “Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise” Proverbs
6:6. It is the same proverbial writer who 24 chapters later referred to the
ant as “exceeding wise” and then went on to say; “the ants are a people not
strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer.” Do you understand the
full import of the proverb? While ants are busy providing for their future,
in order to have sustenance for difficult times, humans are busy, living for
today and willingly ignorant of impending financial disaster.
One of the greatest ironies of our time is the illusion we can afford to
spend today and pay tomorrow. A recent Readers digest article, looking back
one year ago, gives consumers a starling statistic revealing on Christmas
Eve there were 4,704 Visa purchases per second. On an average day consumers
use their Visa cards just over 3000 timers per second and for what? It’s the
consumer craze to buy, buy, and buy more! But if these spenders think they
can afford to max out their plastic with an “I’ll pay later” attitude they
have bought into the illusion and are heading on a collision course with a
mountain of debt.
Go to the ant, consider her ways, and be debt free.
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