Dollar Bill
Does money change people? I hear that saying all the time, usually after somebody that was broke comes across a bit of money. I have to say I myself don’t believe that. I don’t believe that money changes people. I think it changes how some people act towards other people but I think that it’s still the same person. Some people act really nice and friendly when they are broke. Then they get some cash and what the hell do they need you for right?
Recently an apartment building burned down here in Minnesota. It burned down just a few days before Christmas which is an added bummer. This really touched a lot of Minnesotans and one of them who had the means to, donated a large sum of money directly to the tenants of this building that burned down. The person who donated this money did so anonymously. What this means is nobody knows who did it. He didn’t want credit for it, he can’t even catch a break on his income taxes for it. He gave something for nothing more than the extreme satisfaction of helping out people with less than what he has. This is what I like to refer to as “Super Karma.” Guy basically has a get-out-of-anything-you-want-to-do card. He could jump off an eight story building right now if he wanted to and Karma would be on his side. He could leave his Hummer running all night long. He could eat a puppy if he was so inclined.
As far as the money this guy donated, it went to the individuals who’s names were on the lease of each apartment. So I happen to know a few of the people that were renting there, but who’s names weren’t on the lease, they just rented a room.
I guess you can see where this is going. Basically some people got a big fat check (between ten and twenty thousand each) and some others, who lost all of their wordly possessions a few nights before Christmas, got ye old shaft.
Elephants
Yeah, I put the elephant picture in.
Now I bet if someone would have presented these people with a scenario a few days before this incident and asked them what they would do with fifteen large if they’re apartment burned down, they’d each say they would split it with the people living with them, no sweat. But you actually hand these guys a check and it’s like they don’t even know how to act. I don’t think a person changes a bit when they do that. They were just lying before.
And this is where Karma comes in. What goes around comes around right? I’m a big believer in the whole Karma thing even though I have zero idea what religion it comes from. It’s just the idea of giving more than you take. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Avoid evil.
A person who acts like this when he gets his hands on some cash usually has no idea how to handle said cash. So he gets his fifteen large and goes out and rather than invest in a business, buy stocks, buy gold, or some other worthwhile venture, he blows it on some big liability. Like a car. So he drives this car around for a couple of years, he’s back to being broke and has nothing to show for the money he came up on other than a two year old car that’s worth less than half what he paid for it. Oh yeah, and everyone he knew hates him for shafting his friends. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!
I can’t say enough how important it is for us to give more than we take. In everything we do. Be different. Do right.
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