Nothin' Wrong with Wealth

Is money that evil?

I remember when I was a child. I used to read Richie Rich comic books. I even watched his animated TV series back in those days.

For those not familiar with him, Richie Rich is the son of unbelievably wealthy parents, who live in a mansion at Richville, and is considered the world's richest kid.

Richie Rich and his family almost has everything a wealthy family could possibly have - a big mansion, a number of pools, cars, high-end appliances, even butlers who serve him from morning till night. He even has a dalmatian which has dollar signs on it instead of spots!

The Poor Little Rich Boy doesn't look evil to me.

While many would comment about the exaggeration of a life that Richie Rich has, there may sometimes be envy among those who want to be like Richie Rich. Maybe his fortunes are just too great enough to think that having all those can be an indicator that not everyone is privileged to have such wealth.

Or maybe it's because... Richie Rich has been negatively stereotyped to be a bad example of having wealth.

In short, getting rich can be as evil as other people thought it would be.

The Best Time to Start

Usually, when I am out of books to read because I have not borrowed or purchased one lately, I tend to re-read another book. That book I want to re-read depends on what I am looking forward to re-learn as I venture into a field that may look unknown to me. But I am fully aware of the risks and potential that come with such field.

While waiting for my application to invest in the stock market, I decided to read one of Bo Sanchez' latest masterpiece in financial education (and also a must-read if you want to be truly rich):

The Turtle Always Wins: How to Make Millions in the Stock Market

It was a pretty good investment for my part because it has been in my possession since buying it last July. Now I have come to a point where I make the real financial investment - by investing in the stock market. With Brother Bo's vision to make others become multimillionaires and the guidance in going into such opportunity, I believe I would prosper in such field and in return, be able to help others prosper as well.

...but this post is not about the Stock Market

Breaking the Cycle

As I make this post right now, payday is just about a week from now for most employees, and for others, probably tomorrow, or every day if you are someone earning everyday from your business or your self-employed profession. As I talk to most people about how payday has blessed them from top to bottom, they often share the good times, with so much to spend for recreation and to relieve stress from the long work. Often, they speak of the times they have to pay others first, through debts incurred, whether necessary expenses or not, or even any outstanding bills that has to be settled first, like mortgages, monthly bills, and health maintenance.


Regardless of how much money they have earned, most of them end up with little or no more money left to cover their daily expenses and other matters. They usually end up waiting for the next payday to receive another set of income, and the system goes on until financially "free". While some of them would set aside for savings, which I am happy to hear also, questions will always be raised raised. Some of them are - how much are you saving from your income? Are your savings really "savings"? And for what reason/s are you saving?


Life has always been a cycle. Humans start out as babies, the become teens, and then they are old enough to decide for themselves what they want to do in life, procreate, and the cycle goes on and on. Of course, this takes time in order for such cycle to take full circle.

Clear the Stormy Cloud of your Mind

Honestly, I have a dilemma about this blog. 

I had so many thoughts running in my mind and I just could not find the one thing that could be the subject of this blog. I plan to make a blog at least every other day (subject to change), but all the good topics I want to talk about right now are coming into my mind like I am uploading them all at the same time and I cannot find the right ones to download into this post right now.

Won't your brain slow down with all the thoughts coming in? Mine did, and it took me hours to finally get back on track and do this. This was where I realized that you cannot register all thoughts from all corners of the planet at once. Whatever that thought is and where that is coming I cannot really describe. When you do entertain them at once, you become confused, you get a headache and you get lost with what you have to do.

I can relate to this moment when I saw a book at the mall. It made me feel ecstatic to buy. It was affordable based on the money I have on my wallet, and the title was catchy enough to make me want to read it. As soon as I was about to make my move to pick the book up, move to the cashier, make my payment, and leave, thoughts started to invade my mind in all shapes and sizes.

• Is this book really worth reading?
• What if I won't enjoy reading it?
• Is that why I came to the mall for? To buy that?
• The book only has a few pages. If I finish it in less than an hour, will it be worth buying it?
• Even worse: Will I still be able to go home after I buy this? (Seriously, this was in my mind that time.)

Like what I said above, episodes of headache, confusion, getting lost in the moment started to appear like I took a medication with severe side effects. That was where I sought advice from my friend. He would then refer the scenario as an intuition, or some kind of "gut feeling". When you have this feeling of wanting something, you are left with the choice to go for it, or just give it a pass. While he told me that this feeling comes down to my call, I knew I had to make a decision.

Life is (Still) a Matter of Choice

I will never forget my class adviser in Senior year of High School. 

She was one of those individuals who not only reached out to us whenever we have academic concerns inside the classroom, but also became a friend to us all on the outside. She would often take the time to jam with us, go on big laughs, and share stories that most of the time did not make sense, so long as there was a conversation taking place. We even shared an emotional experience that she and the class will never forget after Teachers' Day. (my high school classmates reading this blog might relate, unless you remembered.)

Above all those moments, it was on the first week of class that really caught my attention.

As far as my mind can recall, we were doing some sort of presentation on introducing ourselves in a creative way by group. There was all laughter and fun as it was not that difficult in getting to know each other since most of the class have been classmates since second or third year. Then it was our proud adviser's turn to talk. While she commended our impromptu presentations with so much creativity and fun, she started sharing some words of wisdom that we can use not just on our last year of high school, but also as soon as we exit the doors of formal education.