Spending vs. Investing Thoughts, Time, and Money

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Back in 1953 my wife had a vision. It was an audio-vision. She jumped out of bed and came into the living room. I always rise early. She came barging through looking for the dictionary, and she said, “I’ve just had the most wonderful experience. I saw nothing, but I heard the most wonderful voice – a voice of authority. And the voice said to me, ‘You must stop spending your thoughts, time, and your money. Everything in life must be an investment.’” So, she wanted to see the difference between spending and investing. According to the definition in the dictionary that she had at the time: When you spend, you give out without any hope of return; it’s a waste to spend. When you invest, you expect a return on equity. When you invest, you always expect a return on your equity. So you must stop spending and everything you do from now on must be invested – and it stated what they are: your thoughts, your time, and your money. These are three things that man thinks he has in abundance, and he is spending them morning, noon and night. He wastes his time in trivia. He wastes his thoughts. He wastes his money.

This vision teaches that thoughts, time, and money should be consciously 'invested' with the expectation of a return, rather than 'spent' carelessly without purpose. Investing implies intentional direction towards a desired outcome.

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