C.V.
White Quote: (Spending all you have available to spend on your wants leaves
your needs starving and screaming for help, “He who borrows humbles himself
before people.”)
Take Care of Needs Before Wants
Adults need certain provisions in order
to live comfortably. They are shelter,
clothes, food, transportation, phone and utilities to name a few. These are
needs that are necessary. They are show
stoppers and are not something you can just set aside for another
opportunity. People usually, but not
always, take care of their needs by becoming gainfully employed. However, some people fail to understand the
adult principle of “first things first” and do not spend their money on the
show stoppers. They do not give their money the correct assignment. They will spend their income on other things like gadgets,
electronics, extra clothes, entertainment or travel. When that happens, they
have to go after someone else’s money (borrow) to take care of their
needs. Usually, it is family and friends
first and if that fails loans.
Having to go into someone else’s bank
account to take care of your needs, when all you have to do is take care of
them first before you did these other things is a childish behavior. That is
what children do. Children will
sometimes ask to borrow certain things because they do not understand what
borrowing means. They think that it means give me this or that. They do not have anything to pay it back with
because they get all of their assets from their parents, whoever that may be at
the time.
Parents teach them how to ask for things
correctly. Adults must already know how
to correctly get the things that they need and want. They must have the attitude of always being
in position to lend money, not of always
needing to borrow it. They must be good
stewards of what comes into their hands. Taking care of your needs is the
beginning to building an attitude of abundance that leads to the ability to be
able to be the lender not the borrower. It is difficult to get people to help
you when they can see that you have not been a good steward over what you
have.
Why should they make the sacrifices they
need to make to take care of their show stoppers and then let a person that
does not pull from their assets? Most of
the time, they will not help you continually. You may get help one or two times
but eventually they will say no and at that point you must learn how to make
first things first in your life, especially your finances.
