In terms of wealth, sometimes I
am thinking most of the people around me are luckier than am. There are friends and colleagues as migrant
workers who have so many opportunities to become rich but have just disregarded.
I mean, they have the hefty pay, the
capital and the other sources but not in use.
I think, if only I can fill in their shoes which I wish, I think I will
be better-off than those. I might sound over confident but I have to say it
because I want to inspire my overseas-worker readers thru my flaw that they're on better place to start.
Lucky are those who have
inherited properties from their parents unlike me who have to start on my own
and have to strive hard to own. But you,
all you need to do is just to nourish them.
Grab that opportunity to make these properties profitable. Invest from it, make savings to fund your
capital instead of buying luxuries that do not last. Today is your chance while you are earning well-paid
here. Lucky those whose place is in the
south and north of Luzon or in the provinces of Mindanao and Visaya for your cost
of living there is not as high as in my place in the east of Manila where a parcel
of lot is ranging from 7k – 13k per square metre. Where the sizes of land in your places are so
vast from 300 sqm to hectares, while in my place, to have a hundred is lucky
enough. Why don’t you take this chance
to invest in this property rather than sustaining enjoyment of lifestyle here? Lucky you who are engineers and architects, or
administrative assistant like me but earning more handsome sum, and lucky you who
have abounding overtime for you’re edge to earn and save more, faster and
earlier than am. Still, I hear them
complaining about financial difficulties. When I see them satisfying every inch
of gadget, I need no further explanation.
It’s budget issue.
It’s good not to compare ourselves
with others for we have different undergoing and all of us have our own
responsibilities and different degree of necessities to keep us going but we
have the same opportunity to work here for more decent pay. It’s not defense to say someone has the
bigger responsibilities like expensive education, household maintenance and social
needs of family because it’s all our choice. We always have the choice to be
simple and we always have the priority. Everything
is balance, it’s just depends on how to handle them. And we’ll see most of us are becoming extremely
fond in the wonder of gadgets, physical get-up, food trips, and parties while
here. These are not wrong actually but
taking them more than once is what makes them wrong. When we say we pumper ourselves once in a
while, are we really meant once? Learn
the definition of the so called “once”, maybe need to redefine it, know the distinction
of necessities over wants and know your limitations.
When we do our thanksgiving, is
there any other means other than celebration that only you and yourselves are
enjoying? And when we share our
blessings, are we giving them in the right time, right place and right
way? Lastly, do we really need to make
celebration when we were blessed? Maybe
we’re just becoming materialistic? This
whole message is not yours anyway if you’re a real and honest to goodness
well-off, or feel not guilty if your every single cent goes to important cause
like housing, health, education and reasonable comfort in life but those not, it’s
time to make self-reflection. Ask
yourself where did you put all those earnings.
Maybe you need to put some control and assess your financial literacy.
Being generous is fine but doing
it in multi-circumstance is wasteful. It
is not being accommodating but is is already more on pride and vanity. I do not criticize those known stingy. I have admiration in them for they know how
to value their earnings. I take no
offense actually to be called stingy on the first place, for I know there is
nothing wrong with it. There is thin separating
line between stingy and exploit. While
stinginess is practicality and reality, exploiting and abusive are selfishness. As I always say learn to embrace the art of simple
life. I am happy that I am blessed to
have the proficiency of living the simplicity and in here where I can feel I am
luckier than others.
By
Alex V. Villamayor
August
11, 2015
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