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My advice will likely be laughed at, but I chose to follow Jesus Christ. Start with the Book of John. I'm 45 now, and have been following him since age 20. I h
by milesf 12y ago
My advice will likely be laughed at, but I chose to follow Jesus Christ. Start with the Book of John. I'm 45 now, and have been following him since age 20.
I have friends who are millionaires, and one who is close to a billionaire. I don't think they are any happier than I am, and in fact my relationships are much better than most of theirs. It's weird, but when you do finally have tonnes in the bank, and you've had your fill of partying and the good life, it becomes a bit tiring. Then the question becomes "now what?".
Also, what do you do with your guilt?
Once you get the meaning of life sorted, everything else makes sense. Whether you are rich or poor, healthy or sick, or
This is, of course, just my opinion. I respect a person's right to believe whatever they want, all I ask is they respect my right to believe whatever I want.
- sosborn 12y ago>Then the question becomes "now what?". Well, if you are a billionaire you can pursue just about any answer to that question. If you are poor, all you can do is hope that the answer is within your reach.
- 7ru3 12y agoIf you are a follower of Christ your hope is in something greater, and it is within reach no matter if you are rich or poor.
- cerberusss 12y agoYou'll have wasted half of your life. Why wait? It's not an either-or.
- cerberusss 12y agoThis is good advice, and I'd like to broaden it to include any deity. If it feels good, you can take a minute or two at the end of the day to say thanks to colleagues, to a friend or what have you. You can thank Hephaestus for a good day's work, or Hera for your family.
- heurist 12y agoMan, I have the answers to the "now what" but not the money to pursue them. I can't imagine having that much money and not having big plans for improving the world.