If you’re like me, naturally, you want to do both. But…if you had to pick one and forsake the other, which would it be? We all know you can survive without money but you can do so much more than survive if you have it. However, having money only benefits the person who has it unless they have the conviction to use it to make a difference.
I often hear statements like love don’t pay the bills, which to an extent is the truth. The emotion love, itself, doesn’t pay the bills, but being loved can cause your bills to get paid. Underprivileged citizens, victims of crimes and natural disasters, and those who may have lost their employment all attract support from friends, family, and strangers. Of course you have to have something yourself before you can assist anyone else. Therefore, making a dollar is very important.
Money isn’t the only way we can make a difference in this world. We all have some to offer whether it is our time, our talent, or our treasures. Sharing our gifts with others should be our desire and our duty. Everyone needs help in some capacity. If you are in a position to be a catalyst for positive change you should take the liberty to do so. I hear the term “self-made millionaire”, but no one can truly do it alone.
The bottom line is that it takes a dollar and a difference to keep the world rotating smoothly. Explore ways to balance your money–making efforts with you difference-making actions and you’ll changes many lives, including your own.
Linwood R. Butler, Jr.
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Making a difference is always how I rolled. Dollars always have, naturally rolled in. I beleive that is God's way of taking care of selfless individuals.
ReplyDeleteDoing it for the dollars, have always been associated with greed; therefore, impacting people negatively. Adversely, difference makers favorable impact people and process, with the greater good in mind.
Yet, Wood, it is true, dollars can make a difference as well. How to balance it is the true proportion challenge. But its not an one size fits all solution.