Here's a Philippine children's song, entitled " Ang Lobo Ko"
..long since I have heard this song or hummed through it's rhythmical tune.....
yeah now I remember It has been ages since... I was in preschool - grade school where teachers faithfully taught us the song and taught us in the simplest sense the value of "THRIFTINESS"... in how to value and spend money wisely...
"ANG LOBO KO"
Ako ay may lobo
I have a balloon
lumipad sa langit
lumipad sa langit
Which flew to the sky
di ko na nakita
di ko na nakita
I no longer saw it
pumutok na pala
pumutok na pala
It had burst after all.
Sayang ang pera ko
Sayang ang pera ko
I wasted my money
pambili ng lobo
pambili ng lobo
(The money) used to buy the balloon
kung pagkain sana
kung pagkain sana
If it were spent on food instead
nabusog na ako
nabusog na ako
I would have been full (or sated)
The question now is HAVE WE LIVED BY THESE VALUES?
I personally can say..For the past puberty years I have fallen into the pull..the need...to spend on WANTS.
What attracts the eye..certainly can attract your credit card..or your supposedly savings.
I guess we have all been living in a society where we are all well too pampered..and brain washed. Everywhere advertisements..every corner..billboards.
Streets = billboards
Office = magazines
Home = Television
and when we have the fuel, we're always tempted to ignite the fire.
The more you have the money, the more you are tempted.
A usual cycle that had us all programmed from birth till death..
Earn...Spend..Earn..Spend...Earn ..maybe a bit of Savings ..Spend again.
There is no security.
On my part ... It was a gradual change.
Environment completely is a strong factor on that.
When I flew to Malaysia,
lived ..absorbed and learned..
the simple intricacy of conflicting culture, values and socio economic stand
Had helped to gradually reboot my head.. :)
It challenged what I believed in.
Challenged but willing.
Yes, important key as always is keeping an open mindset.
Just because you can't accept it or do not believe it, doesn't mean that you have to brush it off completely as well... leave a lil room for learning new things..explore options..challenge your ideals.. and you'll be surprise at the tantamount of things there is STILL to know of, and learn in this world...
And that involves MONEY.
Finance is a broad subject..and I am no expert on that...hell no..but i am educating myself..
slowly...gradually..
It's been hard.. coz sometimes you will be challenged...tempted..it seems easier to fall back to the path you've been before..than go any further forward.
I have faltered at times..I admit that.
But determined.
Yes indeed..money isn't everything, cliche " Money can't buy you happiness"
BUT
Money can get you a comfortable home
Money can get your mother and father / wife or husband, off that 8 hour shift job they've been enduring
Money can get you an advantage
Money can get you food
Money can help you enjoy life a lil more "oh"
Enough Money can get you Financial Freedom.
And when you live COMFORTABLY...at ease..with no pressure
YOU WILL BE HAPPY.
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Here's the catch,
we've always been raised on the mindset of THRIFTINESS or STINGINESS.
nothing wrong with that, in fact that's a very good foundation..the first step at greatness
BUT HEY!
Why do we have to live with less or just make do of the lil amount of money we are earning???
When in fact..we can live LARGE..BIG!!!
There are a thousand of opportunities waiting to be grabbed by YOU.
Invest my friend.
Why ask for a million dollar, when you just sit on your 8 hour work with the minimum wage.
Prepare your field.
Invest on business... there are a lot of small business right now that requires not that big of an investment
Like Networking Companies for example, MLM companies
there's nothing wrong with them as long as you do study
the marketing plan and stability of the company.
Do sales, direct selling..or extra income jobs.
These are all a matter of effort.
If you work it out. It has great potential of earning you MILLIONS!!!
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