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I have a friend who is a rich
investor. He doesn’t wear thousand dollar suits, however. I
have never seen him in anything but old, work shirts and
blue jeans. He doesn’t drive an expensive car either. I
doubt if he has ever even owned a new car. He doesn’t live
in some fancy mansion on a hill. His house is old and his
furniture is worn, but that doesn’t bother him at all. You
see my friend is an investor in goodness. He doesn’t earn
any money from it, but the dividends he receives make him
one of the richest men I know. I remember the hug he got
once when he helped an elderly lady jump start her car. It
was priceless. I remember the smile he got from a young boy
after he fixed the boy’s bicycle. It was worth a fortune. I
remember the warm thanks he got when he helped a poor family
repair their home before Winter arrived. It was a treasure
beyond compare. My friend never hoards the wealth he gets
back from his "good" investments, either. He just keeps
reinvesting them in his community and in this world everyday
of his life.
One of the greatest things about my friend’s investments,
too, is that we all can make them. I intend to make as many
of them as I can every chance that I get. There is no risk
involved either. Henry David Thoreau said, "Goodness is the
only investment that never fails." Invest in some goodness
today then. Help a neighbor. Share some laughter with your
friends. Give a smile to everyone you meet. Take your wealth
of love, joy, and oneness with God and invest it in
everything you do. I guarantee you that the return on your
investments will be incredible and your compound interest
will be out of this world. You might even become a goodness
billionaire like my friend. He knows as well as anyone what
the true riches of this world and the next world really are.
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