The summer is winding down. I had a situation which resolved itself the
other day and kind of reinforce some of my thoughts. But I want to call
this audio cast. When is enough Enough? What Have you got enough? When
do you call it, I've got enough. I don't need to work anymore. I don't
need to do anything anymore. I'm fine. I'm happy. When is enough,
Enough. And The reason I asked this is because something came to light
the other day that brings this whole thing to fruition. That reminds us
of how short life is here. And that we are meant to enjoy it into it,
love it into appreciate it to its fullest. And not be that hamster in a
wheel, that horse with blinders on. And what happened was I had a good
friend of mine passed away at age 57. All kinds of businesses, great
friend of mine, may rest in peace. pillar of the community, I mean,
handfuls of things going on. Now, I don't know how he lived his life
that was up to him.But in retrospect,I would imagine if he knew this was
going to happen,he probably would have stopped and smell the roses A
long time ago.
I don't know. But I'm saying to you, folks, When is enough, enough. I've
got a lot of friends out there still working their tails off till they
turn 65. And I hope and wish them well. I hope their life lives a long,
long, long, long, long, long time after that. The odds are against him
that it will The odds are against him after 65 that you're going to live
2030 more years, especially after work in your whole life and all the
stress you have on it. But again, I say to myself, when is enough
Enough? When do you draw the line and say listen, I I've had I've got
enough, I'm going to go on and I'm going to smell the coffee, smell the
roses, Look at the beautiful trees and enjoy nature in my life. I know
it's an individual choice for everybody. And that that is your choice to
make. I know when I made mine. Do I regret it? No, because I'll be
retired probably twice as long as most people in my profession, or I'll
probably have, I know I'll have twice as long a time in retirement to
enjoy it. Now I can't speak for everybody. But I would just like
everybody to speak for themselves and stop and think Take the want to
say credit take accounting for what you have. And ask yourself, what is
enough enough for me? How long do I keep chasing that proverbial carrot?
What more do I need? And that's what you got to start weighing those
odds. Instead of this looking at your bank account, or your checkbook,
or your whole mortgage, All things that we can never get out from under
anyhow. And look and look and say, Well, you know, I'm happy with what
I've got. I can go on with my life and I can enjoy it from here on out. I
don't know. I just hope everybody asks themselves, truly and honestly,
it listens to their heart, when their heart tells them. Hey, man, it's
time for you to leave. Instead of your brain say now you gotta work four
more years to pay that house off. Or you got to work four more years to
pay that car off. And then after four years, something happens. Like it
happened to my friend. I don't know. I'm not pointing fingers. I'm not
making assumptions. I'm just putting the idea health or one does enough
enough. And can you be totally honest with yourself and ask yourself
that question and put all judgments of will I've got to have this I got
to have more of this. I've got to have more of this. put all that aside
and decide for yourself when I've had enough. And if that's what you
wish to do work till you're 95 years old to seek and pay off your house.
God bless you that is your choice. We do have free will. But at least
make sure you've asked that question and you are happy with your answer.
I'd like to make this video as I sit here in my hammock on this beautiful day on the 21st day of September.
Just
hammer walking around and enjoying the day. I want to make a video for a
I guess we can call it a podcast I put onto their day called when is
enough enough. I feel so strongly about this and I want people to
understand the ramifications of this so I'm gonna make this video to
accompany to complement excuse me while I get my head just right.
Typically I don't make these videos because they're so large it takes a
long ago, but I think this is an important one.
I
said what is enough enough? I want people to make informed decisions on
their retirement or when they when they stop punching the clock for
Uncle Sam or Mr. Big Corporation enjoy themselves and work on their
spirituality. Now let me define spirituality in my term. Spirituality
has nothing to do with the Bible ensures Okay. When I say spirituality
what I'm talking about is you as a person where you fit in this universe
where you fit in the big picture what you're here to do, what you're
here to experience, why are you here, that spirituality. So when I talk
about spirituality, please keep it to that connotation.
Now,
let me freeze freezes like such let's make believe that for some
reason, each and every one of us and this earthly plane had the ability
to have a crystal ball and no one our time with passing was going to
come.
If we knew this I
could probably bet you 100% of the time. Everybody within a year or two
of their time, would cease working and just enjoy their life and do the
things they wanted to do. And maybe even earlier, maybe five years
before I don't know. But I doubt it very seriously.
If
people that knew when their time passing was coming to work right up to
that last day, and have no time for themselves. Unfortunately, we don't
have that.
We don't have I
guess it probably drives you crazy if you did have to always be
thinking about so let's look at life in a different connotation. We work
towards 65 and a society wants you to work to your 65 and pretty soon
it will be 70 Next thing you know they'll have you work until you're 90.
You know the story. You've heard all of this before.
If we have the ability to enjoy our life before this and build spiritual enlightenment spiritual points.
To
me, makes no sense why we're not doing this because what we're
essentially doing, thinking, Well, you know, I'm going to work till 65
Although I have enough money to retire at 60 I want to pay off that
Corvette and I want to pay off that house when I need more money my 401 K
and I need a bigger bank account, etc, etc. All these things don't go
with you when you pass but your spirituality what you learn once you
understand what you experienced, what you feel the love you've given out
to help you. That all goes with you. And all the rest of this doesn't.
So
my point is, why waste what you have been given chasing a carrot that
you will never catch in the hopes that maybe when you retire you'll have
10 years left to you are wanting. Let's face it. 65 men 85 years old.
The odds are against us in the profession. I had and I won't go into
that. The the retirement age was 60 when I retired.
And the life expectancy was two years after that and I saw it happen time after time after time. People just dropped it.
And
then I got sick, life threatening illness 20 years ago and it really
made me think about things. And I know I could make a whole video on
that.
But it helped me open
my eyes and understand that life isn't about things you've accumulated.
Life isn't about that car that hosts the 401k life is about your
spirituality and what you take with you what you have learned what
you've experienced, not what you've done for some corporation shed
chasing a magic carrot you'll never catch sign that way. All designed
that way, folks, the whole system is rigged. It's designed to keep you
running in that hamster wheel right up to the end and then retire and
die the next day and guess what? All that money that's all that they've
taken out of your your paycheck for you. Social Security goes right back
into the system and they give it away to some third world country the
way it's designed.
So, I
understand everybody has to make their own decision. But here's my
point. Make sure you make a rational decision and you're comfortable
with it. Are you comfortable with your decision? Are you comfortable
rolling the dice and hoping you get 510 years after you retire? Are you
confident if you are that is your decision. But don't go into this?
Thinking about what I have to pay off and what I've got to do if you're
comfortable and you can get out of it.
In my point of view, get the H out and leave. Start working on you as a person.
Don't sit there and and accumulate things that will never go with you that mean nothing to materialistic there at the end.
But
that's my point of view. Again. The one thing we're given in this world
is freewill. You got a choice and make it an informed choice. Think of
the pros and cons think about it. Is it worth working in extra five
years to pay a house off?
Is
it worth it? Am I gonna roll the dice and hope when I retire after
working that extra five years that I can enjoy it? For another five or
10 or 15? You want to roll the dice your call folks? Just make sure that
your decisions are well informed about this girl.
Okay, why not go here and enjoy something like this? Why not let this pass you by?
Why let this pass you by working till you're 80 That's my point.
All right. I think I've harped on it enough. It's probably large enough video.
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