Prosperity is not Confined

Good Monday morning! Today we are continuing our discussion on how true belief and passion can lead you to prosperity.

“Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none.”

—Richard M. DeVos

In the previous chapter, we talked a lot about vision. Dreaming about a lavish and luxurious lifestyle is your absolute right as a human. However, some people only dream of making gobs of money. They LOVE money and make it their god. They are ready to do anything to become wealthy. They don’t care about right or wrong morality. They have no guilt in adopting any unfair means to get money. Eventually, they may become rich, but they lose the true purpose of their lives.

When you know the meaning of your life, wealth may follow you just as well. As a matter of fact, the more passionate you are about the work you do, the more likely you are to attract wealth. Take a glance at Jessica. She is a financial adviser. Her job enables her to earn a good income, but she doesn’t enjoy it. However, Jessica has a passion for fitness. It gives her health and pleasure. She decides to share her passion with others through her own blog and help others understand the advantages of fitness and good health. She is finally fed up with work and decides to quit her job and pursue her dream. Her family and friends naysay her that she may end up living a poor life.

Jessica believes that her happiness comes first, and she devotes her time and energy to creating her blogs and videos. She also becomes a fitness trainer. People like her ideas and enthusiasm. Eventually, with her hard work and dedication, she becomes a star. Though she doesn’t earn as much money as she used to earn as a financial advisor, now she is much happier, and she loves what she does. She doesn’t have to drag herself to her work each day. Instead, she is now more energized to bring a positive change in other people's lives.

Prosperity is not confined to your financial well-being. If you have good health, loving and caring friends and family, and quality sleep, you are more prosperous than billions of people in the world. Perez Hilton is an American blogger, columnist, and media personality. Perez was famous for ridiculing celebrities on his website PerlezHilton.com. His humiliating gossip and articles offended many celebrities, and he never cared about any controversies he created.

Have you heard the story about the boy who cried wolf? He was supposed to watch the community's sheep herd, but for jokes and giggles, he would falsely sound the alarm that a wolf was amongst the sheep and watch the townspeople run out to fight. He would roll around laughing, even after several times doing so. But one night, when he was on duty, a wolf did attack the herd, but when he sounded the alarm, the town ignored him because they didn't trust him. The wolf had his way with the herd.

In 2010, Perez was involved in a project against gay bullying called “It Gets Better.” He asked numerous celebrities to support his cause, even ones he had berated before. This request triggered Khloe Kardashian to raise her voice against Perez. She called him out as her “personal bully.” She said it seemed quite hypocritical that a person who himself had repeatedly bullied her and other celebrities were involved in an anti-bullying project.

Khloe’s words became a massive wake-up call for Perez. He recreated himself into a positive person from then on. He changed the tone of his articles, he turned from rants to raves, and even though he lost readers and revenue, he became clear about his meaning of life and used his understanding to help even more people. He is now involved in the music and fashion industry and stated in an interview with Deepak Chopra, “I’m happier than I’ve ever been before.”

In the Bible, God focuses on the purpose of life, which is to have faith in God and help others to understand His truth. He says,

“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Luke — 6:38

It is a universal truth that if we help others, we will be blessed. This blessing is not confined to financial gains only. It comes in love from others, peace, and true prosperity. Perez Hilton gave up on his money and fame because he realized that people were not happy with his mortifying attitude. As a result, God bestowed upon him not only prosperity but also the love of people who once despised him.

To tell you the truth, I am wrestling with this very thing. While I have a loving and supportive family, I am struggling to find my next project that is based on my passion. While I love sharing my thoughts, teaching, and writing about adventures with you, it doesn't pay the bills. Yes, we have a startup that was of my passion for helping people protect their personal identity, but the world isn't ready for that Web3 vision. And now, the economy has put a peesquash on the next round of funding we need to continue our mission. In order to attract investors' attention, we have had to pivot from my original vision and passion.

My passion is NOT doing a startup for startup's sake (if you haven't done one yourself, you can't imagine how hard they are); my passion is helping people protect themselves in this world as we have gone even deeper into the digital, faster than expected due to the pandemic. So, just like many of you, I am soul searching right now, even at the age of 60, to figure out how my passion for serving can also help support the family (we still have 4 boys under 20 at home).

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Have a great week, Gordon

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