I hate that song by Bare Naked Ladies by the way for personal reasons. So don't sing it around me, please. And don't do it just to spite me either, Compulsive Indecision.
I was voted by my floor here in the dorms as "Most Likely to Marry a Millionaire." I wonder if they're trying to tell me something. I would never marry a man for his money. That's just silly. I'd rather work, and be poor and happy, then to be completely provided for like that. I like to work, because I feel like I'm doing something, like I'm earning money, having some source of income. Now if he happens to become a millionaire after we're married, that's fine by me. I think I'd still have a frugal lifestyle, just because it's the way that I've been raised, and no one needs that much stuff. There's a quote by Brigham Young, "The worst fear I have about this people is that they will get rich in this country, forget God and His people, wax fat, and kick themselves out of the Church and go to hell. This people will stand mobbing, robbing, poverty, and all manner of persecutions and be true. But my greater fear...is that they cannot stand wealth." Another quote about this is by Daniel H. Wells, "There will come a time, however, in the History of the Saints, when they will be tried with peace, prosperity, popularity, an riches."
I think those statements are true. Sometimes we get so caught up in "stuff" and "things" that we forget why we're really here on this earth. I don't think I would like to be tried with wealth as a trial. I wouldn't know what to do with it. I'd probably give it to my family or something, maybe fund some poor college student, or start a business, such as a bookstore. So, there you go. If I had a million dollars, or married a millionaire, I'd buy a laptop and a house, maybe a camera, and that would be the extent of my purchases. I hope. I think that's why money's a trial, a temptation. There's always something else to buy, and a need to buy it. Nobody saves their money anymore. Personally, I like having money in my account. It feels safer, as if more secure to have something in there in case of an emergency. At least I'd like to think so.
These are my thoughts on the riches of the world. Really, there are few things that anyone really "needs" and so any other purchase should seem somewhat frivilous, in my opinion. But if you just happen to have the extra money...
Anyway, Happy Easter everyone, I don't think I'll ever get through all of this candy Emily loaded me up with. Happy 24th Birthday, Blue Adagio! Anyway, two days left of class, and I get to sleep in until nine. Lucky me. Enjoy your candy, and don't get a stomach ache!
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Hey, kiddo -
I'll have you know I read the first sentence of your post and thought how much I dislike that song, too. Then I read your second sentence and thought, "Well, I'll suffer through my dislikes in order to pleasantly antagonize my sister." Muah-ha-ha. And then I read the third sentence, and then I internally lamented my dogged predictability.
(Have you seen the window washers on BYU's homepage, by the way?)
One more thought, on something else you wrote:
Once, a couple of years back, I had a realization/insight/whatever that I thought was very interesting. It goes something like this:
Though they are not necessarily in the same category by any means, temporal wealth and the gifts of the Spirit seem to be characterized in very similar ways in the scriptures.
1.) We receive more of both according to worthiness.
2.) We are expected to use both for others' good.
3.) Not all people are given the same quantity or quality of these gifts; we should actively seek them both, as long as we do it for the benefit of others.
4.) Both are necessary for the functioning of the Kingdom of God (sort of).
Hmm. Maybe I'd thought of more than that, but that's what comes to mind at the moment. Any comments?
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