Wealth Can Buy Time, But Not Backward.

Issue #41 December 9, 2019

I received a text this morning from my father asking me to call when I was free. When I did I could hear that something had happened and came to find out that one of his dear, lifelong friends (and my former youth baseball coach) had gone into a coma following a tough recovery battle from a recent heart procedure. Ray is/was a great man, a great husband, and grandfather to his family. He was a great role model and coach to me as a young boy. He had infectious positive energy and a legendary laugh that I likely won’t hear again but can picture in my mind as clear as day-squinty eyes and cheeks in full bloom.

Am I getting older and wiser or just older?

Time is precious. People are more precious. The real point of wealth accumulation is to find time and happiness in this short human experience our spirit has in this recurring stint around the sun. Wealth can buy you time but not backward, and money can rent happiness, but only relationships of true meaning (starting with the one we have w…