Investments
I have a friend who is a rich investor. He doesn’t wear thousand dollar
suits, however. I have never seen him in anything but old, work shirts and blue
jeans. He doesn’t drive an expensive car either. I doubt if he has ever even
owned a new car. He doesn’t live in some fancy mansion on a hill. His house is
old and his furniture is worn, but that doesn’t bother him at all. You see my
friend is an investor in goodness. He doesn’t earn any money from it, but the
dividends he receives make him one of the richest men I know.
I remember the hug he got once when he helped an elderly lady jump start her
car. It was priceless. I remember the smile he got from a young boy after he
fixed the boy’s bicycle. It was worth a fortune. I remember the warm thanks he
got when he helped a poor family repair their home before Winter arrived. It was
a treasure beyond compare. My friend never hoards the wealth he gets back from
his "good" investments, either. He just keeps reinvesting them in his community
and in this world everyday of his life.
One of the greatest things about my friend’s investments too is that we all can
make them. I intend to make as many of them as I can every chance that I get.
There is no risk involved either. Henry David Thoreau said, "Goodness is the
only investment that never fails." Invest in some goodness today then. Help a
neighbor. Share some laughter with your friends. Give a smile to everyone you
meet. Take your wealth of love, joy, and oneness with God and invest it in
everything you do. I guarantee you that the return on your investments will be
incredible and your compound interest will be out of this world. You might even
become a goodness billionaire like my friend. He knows as well as anyone what
the true riches of this world and the next world really are.
Joseph J. Mazzella joecool@wirefire.com