Category: Meditations

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?

Money doesn’t just buy the things we need or want, like groceries and heating, it also buys big ticket items like political influence.

In the face of Big Money politics, what do you see as the most powerful tool of those who are not wealthy?

“Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.” ―Henry David Thoreau

What is the most essential thing that you buy with your money?