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WEDNESDAY THOUGHT 7/23/08

How Much Is Enough?
 
There have been times in my life when I’ve been borderline wealthy and times when I’ve been down to the last 17 cents in my checking account.  I’ve listened to some of my smarmy friends earning $200,000 a year complain that Bill Gates is sinfully rich, but who hooted in protest when I recommended (just to get their goat) that no one should earn more than $100,000 a year.
 
I think we all know that money does not buy happiness and that poverty can be soul crushing.  So, what is that happy medium?  Maybe it’s that vague place called “enough,” a place of balance.
 
My point:  I think it is “enough” to enjoy, appreciate and give thanks for the gifts of each day, whether they be a hotdog and beans on a paper plate or that $10,000 contract.  Enjoy. — jri
 
“Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
    give me neither poverty nor riches,
    but give me only my daily bread.
Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you
    and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’
Or I may become poor and steal,
    and so dishonor the name of my God.”
            –    Proverbs 30:8-9