The game of Monopoly invites players to spend hours scheming how to control all the properties on the board, so as to be able to siphon everyone’s money into the hands of the one most successful player. It seems like an odd goal to encourage in our children.
How would you describe “winning” in a game that reflected your financial values?
There is a movement these days toward de-cluttering, or downsizing possessions enough to move into a tiny, ultra-efficient house. The movement toward having less can be a beautiful thing, but it stands alongside the fact that there are billions in the world who do not have enough for basic health, let alone wholeness and human development.
How would you define having enough?
All that is gold does not glitter, as Tolkien writes, and there are plenty of things that do glitter that are not of great worth.
What guides you in looking below the surfaces of things to find their true worth
“Don’t tell me where your priorities are. Show me where you spend your money and I’ll tell you what they are.”
―James W. Frick
What does your checking account tell you about what matters to you?
We’re familiar with people being “under water” with their mortgages, but during the Dust Bowl entire houses were literally buried—under dust rather than under water.
When have you experienced the greatest financial hardship?
