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2016/05/17 22:29:58瀏覽2023|回應5|推薦49

每天記帳,是窮人才做的事!

臉書上轉來一篇標題頗得我心的商周報導,讀完會心一笑,接著,是我和老公以下對話。

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「剛剛讀到商周有篇窮人才每天記帳的文章,真的喔,我這輩子最窮的時候(大學時代),才記帳。」 我說。

「最窮的時候? 我們最窮的時候是負數! 妳忘了?讀研最窮時有陣子,我們還請XX代付房租幾個月。妳不會記得,因為都是我在管帳、記帳!」我那記憶超好、從結婚第一天就提醒我要養成每日記帳「好習慣」的老公說。

「原來如此,就是你在記帳,才沒錢!!!.....自從我接手管帳後,我就不記帳,從來沒有負數過。」我說。
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的確,日子得過且過,有沒負數過我也不知,至少兩人四隻手,養大三個女兒,人平安,心,是富足的。

下面這則小故事,也是昨天讀到的 ( from  "Beyond Half Time" by Bob Buford p.59-60)

My dear friends, I Wish You Enough!
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      Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They had announced the departure. Standing near the security gate, they hugged, and the mother said, " I love you and I wish you enough." The daughter replied, " Mom, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom."

     They kissed and the daughter left. The mother walked over to the window where I was seated. Standing there, I could see she wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on her privacy, but she welcomed me by asking, " Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?"

    "Yes, I have," I replied. " Forgive me for asking, but why is this forever good-bye?"
She answered, "I am old, and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead, and the reality is, the next trip back will be for my funeral."

     "When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I wish you enough.' May I ask what that means?"
She began to smile. " That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone." She paused a moment and looked up, as if trying to remember it in detail, and she smiled even more. "When we said, I wish you enough, 'we were wanting the other person to have life filled with just enough good things to sustain them." Then, turning toward me, she shared the following as if she were reciting it from memory.

     I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
     I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
     I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
     I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appar much bigger.
     I wish you enough gain o satisfy your wanting.
     I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
     I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

延伸閱讀商業周刊 - 每天記賬,是窮人才會做的事!http://www.businessweekly.com.tw/KBlogArticle.aspx?id=4711

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KittiO
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2016/07/28 11:34
粗字體是大智慧,要年紀大一點才能體會。
甜水窩蜂鳥(hummingbird2009) 於 2016-07-28 20:02 回覆:

不記帳也不一定會富,

貧與富,一線隔,不是年齡,而是心境和態度.加油


悅己
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2016/05/26 10:37

我一輩子覺得最有錢的時候是研究所剛畢業

在舊金山上班的第一年,那時從來不記賬,我的理論是:

該花的就得花,記不記帳還不都一樣? 呵呵


甜水窩蜂鳥(hummingbird2009) 於 2016-07-28 20:03 回覆:
本來就是,該花的就得花,記帳只有讓自己難過.(縮頭烏龜留言)

nhnj
2016/05/18 12:56
"I wish you enough", well said, sort of echos the wisdom from Bible.
Proverbs 30:8-9 "... give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.
Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, 'Who is the LORD?' Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God".
甜水窩蜂鳥(hummingbird2009) 於 2016-05-18 20:53 回覆:

It seems you can read my mind (and hidden message too跟我交往吧)

求你使虛假和謊言遠離我‧使我也不貧窮,也不富足,賜給我需用的飲食‧

恐怕我飽足不認你,說,耶和華是誰呢‧又恐怕我貧窮就偷竊,以致褻瀆我神的名‧

~~箴言 30:8-9~~


時和
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2016/05/18 08:01

有錢人不必記帳

敗家子也不會記帳


Uki
2016/05/18 07:26
我也覺得記帳多費事!有些就是該花的錢