31May11

Waiter—“Yes, sir, we’re very up to date. Everything here is cooked by electricity.”
Diner—“I wonder if you would mind giving this steak another shock?”


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To many, money means a successful life. I do not share in this thought. Just what is the cost of success? Some will say it is just not worth it. To be a successful person one needs to be a leader which brings the cost of this state of being. The price is not cheap. You must be humble, you must be a servant. Late and hard hours are necessary. You must help others to grow and in so doing you will grow and overcome obstacles.

Place your aim high and where you reach a certain level of success don’t rest on your laurels, but continue your climb. Don’t get in a rut. There will always be competition and through this you will be stimulated to greater efforts. If you are working for a company, learn all you can about the jobs ahead of you.
From my personal experience, the secret of success is WORK, WORK, WORK.
Money is a very important factor in your existence from the beginning to the end of your life. It is expecially important in later years when you can no longer get a job or begin a business of your own. It is a well known fact that men and women live longer when they know they have financial security. This takes a great burden off their minds. Their economic status determines where they live and how well they live.

The economic condition of this country is undergoing a marked change. The dollar today is worth about half of what it was worth a few years ago. The cost of living has almost doubled in the last few years. This causes older people who made plans several years ago to retire on a certain amount, to have to change their plans.
I write this for people of all ages who may someday expect to retire. Reports and statistics from the Department of Vital Statistics, Geriatrics, and some large insurance companies show that women have around ten years longer life expectancy than men.

Records reveal that one out of a hundred people sixty five or older, selected at random, only about ten percent are able to take care of themselves without the aid of relatives, their church, or the government.
Another ten percent have a fairly good living with the aid of pensions and social security. The other eighty percent have to depend on outside help. The standard living of this last eighty percent varies with the help that they can obtain. Many of this last group have only a bare existence and consist mainly of immigrants.

Experience is a great teacher. It is my opinion a young person should get all the experience that he can.

I believe that a person should live well, dress well, and have some fun in life. Don’t try to keep up with the Joneses.

We are fast becoming a welfare state. At first we pass into a socialized government. We are fast going down this road. Suddenly we will find ourselves being forced by political and police action of the government.
In looking back over this nations history, we can at once realize what made our country great. This is expecially true when we look at the early settlers on the eastern part of the United States, then later in the development of the of the western part of our country. The settlers had to contend with hostile Indians, outlaws, and the lack of water in many areas. These early settlers had to depend upon their own ingenuity and action. They had to use self reliance if they were to exist. The government was far away and communications and transportation was slow. They could not count on the government. They had to make their own laws. Today it is quite different. We are beginning to depend on the government for almost everything. We are expecting the government to take care of us from the cradle to the grave. It hasn’t been more than a generation ago when the greater number of families raised almost everything they needed. Of course, we cannot go back to times like that but we can plan our lives so the government won’t have to think for us.
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Here is another story about Abraham Lincoln past President of the United States

To a group of citizens who had called to urge
him to emancipate the slaves, the President said
it was impossible at that stage of the war, and
that proclaiming the Negroes free would not make
them free. By way of analogy, he asked his callers:
"How many legs will a sheep have if you call the
tail a leg?" "Five," was the reply. "You are mistaken,"
said Lincoln, "for calling a tail a leg don't make
it so."