It has been said that failure is the backdoor to success. It has also been said that to be wise is to have the wisdom of Solomon. What's wrong with this picture...what's right with it?
It really is two different things we are talking about here.
You do not have success in your life, your marriage or your money and finances unless and until you have success in yourself. It has been proclaimed (at that time) that Solomon was the wisest of men. Solomon had everything that his heart and mind could ever desire, yet it is also known that he was the saddest or unhappiest of men as well.
This is not a Bible lesson on the story and life of Solomon...you can read about that and find out more about him and his prophecies in the good book for yourself.
What is interesting here is that as I go through life and have discovered on many an occasion that wisdom has it's drawbacks. No no no...I am not saying that being married or being in a marriage is not a wise choice.
I am looking at the state my own smartness (or lack thereof) and looking back on the days of Solomon and wondering...if I had been given or somehow managed to acquire all the things that supposedly made me happy...would I have been happy? Would you be happy had you had Solomon's riches and wisdom?
A word of wisdom here...no man can be that of another or offer to possess the strength and abilities of the mind for another person. As for me and my house, we have discovered the quantum leap of faith that it takes in a marriage especially when it comes to money and finances. All kinds of good blessings can be bestowed or conferred upon a person, but that does not make them any wiser. In fact, there are those that have their world at their feet and they are non the wiser!
Pearls of wisdom about marriage and money do not often come through the front door of your life, so it is easy to say that failure is the backdoor to success because more often than not we spend most of our time trying to make things work in our lives. We are forever hanging around the backdoor and missing out on not only those blessing in and around the front door of our live because we like sitting on the stoop out back and brooding about life.
One thing you can say about Solomon is that he had a healthy appetite for life. Kinda ruined it in the marriage department but definitely made up for it in the success and finance departments. But as you read about him and learn more, for all his wisdom, there was always something missing.
Being successful in life means more than things, acquisitions, numbers...true. And yet without goals to strive for in life you assuredly have no worthwhile purpose. It is the order, the priorities in your life you marriage your finances that set you apart and being the wiser (Bud) as to whether you open the front door to the rest of your life or you simply keep lurking in the shadows of failure being your backdoor to success.
A Friend in Business...and Life...Always, -Lon-
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