I just took and survived a stats class. And if you know me you know how petrified i am of numbers and anything that contain, or resemble numbers or logic....but this entire weekend something clicked that if i said stats or economics didnt teach me anything id be wrong...and quite stupid... because it has taught me the value of time over investement...not in money in life...Assets are what you own that hold value, what you earned that can be turned into something else, most of the time its liquid assets that are most popular...CASH! But im talking about life assets... like friends, family,health etc...the things that are priceless, and cant be converted into anything other than what it is yet they are still valuable.
The older you get, the more life assets you have, therefore the more value is placed on them.
I have come to evaluate a couple of points in my life thus far about the economics of relationships:
- My life assets are rich. However, relationships and friendships are ever changing as i change. My desires change, my expectancy changes. The more time that passes, the more investment is put into relationship. And that investment is costly. I have to ask myself, what is this relationship costing me? what investment do i have in this and what am i getting in return. and answer of zero equals letting go. This is not fun but necessary.
- The LESS i spend time with God the more i want to fill it with nonsense drama...this is NOT awesome and is NOT valued... its simply entertainment and in fact in robs me of value...and could cost me assests ive invested in...WOW!
- The older i get the more i have to offer, but i have less time available to give it. This is the part that hurts. But this is also the part that makes it easy to let go of nonsense...
- The MORE i press in to Gods call, the more i just want more of Him and what He wants, however allowing Him to do this means He is taking more of me...this is awesome...
Ive had to ask myself some pretty serious questions...i think i started asking these at age 25. At 25 something "clicked" and i started doing away with some nonsense. One of the things i learned was the value of saying NO and the Risk of saying YES...i started to count the cost of these answers by the assets i already had in my life...this is what i asked myself:
- Who or what is taking from me?
- Is this an investement or is it a gift?
- How much time will i have to Give or put in this?
- Is what I am giving being given back to GOD or to the World?
- Is this going to become an asset in my life now or in heaven or BOTH? (this is an amazing question btw, ask this with caution because if its NO, then you pretty much answered a whole lot of questions for you and someone else...
This is life economics. these questions are the equations for change over time...the earlier we ask these questions, the faster we can move forward gaining the biggest return on our investments...
What are we getting in return, and what are we doing with it?
