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July 8th 2010 22:44
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Money In the News
My husband loves to listen to talk radio. Generally speaking, I tolerate it at best, but a news story we heard this afternoon grabbed my attention and really made me think.
According to the American Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons (A.A.R.P.), (click here for article) United States citizens between the ages of forty four (44) and seventy five (75) are, on average, more afraid of running out of money than they are of dying. Sixty one percent (61%) of the men and women in the research study claimed that money fears were more frightening for them than meeting their maker.
When I heard those shocking statistics, I could not help but wonder if those same statistics would hold true for a wider and more diverse audience. If we were all brutally honest with ourselves, would those of us in our twenties and thirties or even younger have the same fear? Isn't money central to our daily existence and status in life? It is certainly something worth pondering. Why does money manipulate every aspect of our lives? Why are we constantly struggling for that almighty dollar only to find ourselves slipping further and further behind those elusive neighbors "the Joneses?"
Surely there must be a balance in our financial lives. Few of us find it, but we should all strive for it. It's an area of contentment where we tell our money what to do and not the other way around. It's a utopia of heavenly proportions in which we share with others and are contented with but not spoiled by what we possess.
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