When I was a boy the fantasy threshold when it came to financial success was one million dollars. Being a millionaire was considered the elite success, a mere pipe dream for 99 percent of Americans. Forbes magazine would publish the short list of American millionaires.
Today, anyone with any kind of skilled labor career will likely earn one million dollars over their lifetime. An annual income of $50 thousand dollars, which is moderate by today’s standards, will add up to one million in just twenty years. Now the new fantasy standard is one billion dollars. Forbes now publishes lists of American billionaires. And, with the incredible explosion in the internet and technology industries, billionaires are more common, and younger, than you think.
You will probably never catch up to your financial fantasy. And that’s okay. You have been blessed with a reality that fits you just right. Be grateful for it.
Thank you for this gentle reminder. I’m trying to be grateful in all things.
Amen, I rich because Jesus is my savior and my riches are in heaven. Praise God.