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The Times of Your Life
There are two times in a person’s life. The first is when everything is going wrong; when all our money is tied up; when confusion, debt, obligations and uncertainty burden us so heavily that it is impossible for us to act quickly to take advantage of opportunities that are both profitable and necessary. This time is “right now”.
“Right now” is never a good time to do anything. We have other hurdles to clear before we act. “Right now” we are involved in certain situations. We want to see how big our raise will be; we want to reduce our credit card balances; we want to get over the hump. We certainly can’t do anything “right now”.
The other time in our life is a time when everything is perfect. We have no money problems. We have cleared every possible hurdle and we will never have any problems ever again. We have complete control over every aspect of our lives and are ready to seize every opportunity to improve ourselves. That time is “later”. “Later” is a wonderful time. Everything will be ironed out “later”.
All our confusion will magically disappear. We will have gobs of money and no other obligations. That’s when I will be ready and willing to act; “later”.
Unfortunately, when most people need something, they need it “right now”. But “right now” is not good, so they put it off until “later”. “Later” is better. They do this thinking that “right now” will eventually become “later”. Sadly, this is why poor people stay poor and why lazy people stay lazy. Because “right now” is never a good time. We hang all our hopes on “later”.
Ask yourself how many times you have put things off until “later”, and how many times you’ve actually done it. It then becomes obvious that “right now” is just a convenient excuse not to act at all. When we say “later”, we really mean never.
“Right now” and “later” are two times we must treat delicately. We can convince ourselves that we have the discipline and maturity to act “right now” because we have a need “right now”, even though “right now” is not convenient. Or we can risk our health, our family, our belongings and our home and hope that everything will be fine “later’, and that “later’ doesn’t become yet another time in our lives...too late.
Yesterday is History...Tomorrow is a Mystery...NOW is a GIFT... That’s why it’s called...The “Present”
“Right now” is never a good time to do anything. We have other hurdles to clear before we act. “Right now” we are involved in certain situations. We want to see how big our raise will be; we want to reduce our credit card balances; we want to get over the hump. We certainly can’t do anything “right now”.
The other time in our life is a time when everything is perfect. We have no money problems. We have cleared every possible hurdle and we will never have any problems ever again. We have complete control over every aspect of our lives and are ready to seize every opportunity to improve ourselves. That time is “later”. “Later” is a wonderful time. Everything will be ironed out “later”.
All our confusion will magically disappear. We will have gobs of money and no other obligations. That’s when I will be ready and willing to act; “later”.
Unfortunately, when most people need something, they need it “right now”. But “right now” is not good, so they put it off until “later”. “Later” is better. They do this thinking that “right now” will eventually become “later”. Sadly, this is why poor people stay poor and why lazy people stay lazy. Because “right now” is never a good time. We hang all our hopes on “later”.
Ask yourself how many times you have put things off until “later”, and how many times you’ve actually done it. It then becomes obvious that “right now” is just a convenient excuse not to act at all. When we say “later”, we really mean never.
“Right now” and “later” are two times we must treat delicately. We can convince ourselves that we have the discipline and maturity to act “right now” because we have a need “right now”, even though “right now” is not convenient. Or we can risk our health, our family, our belongings and our home and hope that everything will be fine “later’, and that “later’ doesn’t become yet another time in our lives...too late.
Yesterday is History...Tomorrow is a Mystery...NOW is a GIFT... That’s why it’s called...The “Present”
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