With Purpose
In one of the many inspirational books I’ve read, one author discussed "Everything that you do, do it with purpose." Whether the purpose is to gain knowledge, increase self-awareness, have fun . . . And I try to live my life that way.
I was standing in front of the houses with my real estate agent. It was the first time he had seen them since they’ve been painted. Since he fixes up houses all the time and then sells them for double what he paid, he knows what colors look good on houses and which ones do not. We were discussing how much the houses had gone up in value during the past few months.
Cliff: "Tell me something Agent . . . if something happened whereas I had no visible source of income for three months . . . could I lose these houses?"
Agent: "No."
Cliff: "Even if I got fired from my job, got into a terrible car accident, had to have major surgery, was laid up for three months unable to move and to top it all off I had the worse case of hang-nail ever . . . could I lose these houses?"
Agent: "No. I’ve only had one client in 20 years lose a house and that’s because he was a complete idiot. If you get into that situation, you let me know and there’s always something that can be done."
Cliff (grinning): "Excellent . . . ."
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