UNCOMMON CENTS

BACK AND FORTH, IN AND OUT, UP AND DOWN - I LOSE COUNT HOW MANY TIMES A DAY I’VE WATCHED MY NEIGHBORS DRIVE TO AND FRO ON MY COUNTRY LANE. GAS DOES NOT POWER EITHER THEIR LAWN MOWERS, TRACTORS, CARS, MOTORCYCLES OR SUV'S. NO, NO. INSTANT GRATIFICATION PROPELS THEM. IS EACH TRIP OR TRAMPING NECESSARY? NO, NO. IT IS EVIDENT THAT NO THOUGHT HAS GONE INTO CONSERVING EITHER TIME OR ENERGY. THE 'THRILL OF THE MOMENT' REIGNS. THESE INDIVIDUALS PROBABLY DO NOT PUT ASIDE A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF THEIR INCOME EVERY WEEK FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF ACCUMULATING WEALTH. MORE THAN LIKELY THEY FEEL THAT THE MORE INCOME THEY EXPEND, THE LESS UNCLE SAM WILL CLAIM. BUT THEY ERR. WHEN CASH IS CONSUMED IT CANNOT BE RECLAIMED, LIKE SMOKE FROM AN AUTUMN BONFIRE AND NO WOOD EXISTS TO SET ANOTHER PILE ABLAZE.

I GIVE THANKS THAT HUMAN BEINGS DO ASCEND, THAT THE CELESTINE PROPHECY IS SELF-FULFILLING, THAT DESIGN IS INTELLIGENT, THAT MAN IS CAPABLE OF MOVING UP. TO SEEK WEALTH IS NOT THE SAME AS CONDONING PELF. TO SAVE, TO INVEST, TO MOVE ON UP THROUGH SELF-RELIANCE, TO TAKE HOLD OF THE HELPFUL INVISIBLE HAND, NOT THE HAND OF GOVERNMENT, TO LIFT ELEVATE ONE’ SELF BY THE PROPER CHOICES - THESE CHOICES ARE HOW EACH MAN AND WOMAN CAN PROUDLY GO WHERE OTHERS HAVE NOT GONE BEFORE. WE CAN MAKE OUR LEAVING EARTH (THROUGH CHOICES) BETTER THAN THE COMING TO IT (BY CHANCE).

HINT: MAKE IT YOUR MOTTO TO 'MOVE ON UP.' K.I.S.S.