Your Opinion Needed. In my recent article called, "Giving While You're Living, Or When You're Dead Instead" the author, who is my family member talks about why it is a matter of free choice to give before you die. I don't really believe in FREE Choice. I'll tell you why ...But, that's a story for another time.
Here's the Article, "Giving While You're Living, Or When You're Dead Instead"
Giving while youre living, or when youre dead instead?
Traditionally people in the good old USA have been taught that you make the best living that you can, provide for your family, save up cash for a rainy day, and then divide up your estate when you are finished breathing (and talking and eating and laughing and well, you get the picture). So your heirs receive whatever you had left over when you died. You have just been gifted from the dead. However, your parent lived to the ripe old age of 90 years, and that makes you 70 years of age.
What might have happened if your parent had gifted you a few bucks now and then when you were say, 30 or 35 or even 40 years of age? Maybe you would have started a business with the gift, retired at 50, and spent a ton of time with your family for the rest of your natural life!!! Wow, what a shame that would be but dont worry because your parent will most likely wait until they cant write a check (because theyre dead) to write the check. Youll be at the age where youre likely to do the very same thing they did. You will gift when you expire.
There is another idea! Give while you live. Give your child ten thousand bucks and let him take you on a family trip to the Grand Canyon. Youll both feel great. Hell actually be able to talk to you and enjoy you because you wont be dead. The person doing the gifting will also enjoy it because theyre still alive. Novel idea isnt it? Why havent we thought of this before? Why arent more of us doing it? Stephen Pollan wrote a book called, Die Broke. That sounds like a horrible title, and you usually picture some poorly clothed, decrepit fool dying homeless. But that is far from what the book is about.
For one thing, its about people actually sharing and thriving and enjoying their hard earned cash. No, its not about squandering. Its about common sense living, enjoying life, and giving while youre living and its rewards. I think most would agree, its ok to be dying to give, but living to give is more satisfying and much more fun. You actually get to see the joyous results of your giving instead of hiding in the grave.
Any Opinion At All Would Be Greatly Appreciated!
Here's the Article, "Giving While You're Living, Or When You're Dead Instead"
Giving while youre living, or when youre dead instead?
Traditionally people in the good old USA have been taught that you make the best living that you can, provide for your family, save up cash for a rainy day, and then divide up your estate when you are finished breathing (and talking and eating and laughing and well, you get the picture). So your heirs receive whatever you had left over when you died. You have just been gifted from the dead. However, your parent lived to the ripe old age of 90 years, and that makes you 70 years of age.
What might have happened if your parent had gifted you a few bucks now and then when you were say, 30 or 35 or even 40 years of age? Maybe you would have started a business with the gift, retired at 50, and spent a ton of time with your family for the rest of your natural life!!! Wow, what a shame that would be but dont worry because your parent will most likely wait until they cant write a check (because theyre dead) to write the check. Youll be at the age where youre likely to do the very same thing they did. You will gift when you expire.
There is another idea! Give while you live. Give your child ten thousand bucks and let him take you on a family trip to the Grand Canyon. Youll both feel great. Hell actually be able to talk to you and enjoy you because you wont be dead. The person doing the gifting will also enjoy it because theyre still alive. Novel idea isnt it? Why havent we thought of this before? Why arent more of us doing it? Stephen Pollan wrote a book called, Die Broke. That sounds like a horrible title, and you usually picture some poorly clothed, decrepit fool dying homeless. But that is far from what the book is about.
For one thing, its about people actually sharing and thriving and enjoying their hard earned cash. No, its not about squandering. Its about common sense living, enjoying life, and giving while youre living and its rewards. I think most would agree, its ok to be dying to give, but living to give is more satisfying and much more fun. You actually get to see the joyous results of your giving instead of hiding in the grave.
Any Opinion At All Would Be Greatly Appreciated!
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