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Originally Posted by cockeyedcowboy
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Why do you have to wait to do these? You don't need a million. I'm sure that in your own town there are things you can do with a lot less money.
To give an example, In the weeks leeding into Christmass this past year. I read about a kid who broke hes neck in an accident and was parrilized from the neck down. As the story went he had no way to get out of the house as it was not handicap equipted and being locked up was hes nightmare of being alone. So what this was in a town 1800 miles from my home, I was just passing through, not my problem right! Instead I called the paper and located him. I showed up at his house on Christmass day unanouced with a new dell laptop computer, speech software, wireless epuipment, web cam, and some other stuff to help him use the computer, costs no way near a mil, it was around $1,000. The smile on the kids face now that was worth a MILLION.
As fare as you helping your parants out, well, what kind of son would wait till he got a million before helping them?
Keit
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What you did was noble. But again, I never said I had to be a millionaire to be a giver. I give what I can already and I give my time (mostly to my SON) when I am home. I'm only supposed to have him every other weekend, but there were multiple times last year (when work was slower) that I had him all the time. My ex is very understanding about this so at least I give her props for that. I even mowed several people's lawns for free cause I new they couldn't afford to pay someone to do it and they weren't able to do it themselves.
As far as my parents are concerned - I would help them out in any way possible right now (time, money, or otherwise). But what I meant by helping them in my example was this - what kind of son wouldn't instantly retire his parents if he became a millionaire (to play on your quote)?
I think you're missing the point of my topic. The point is this: I have a goal of reaching a million dollars, but I don't really know why. I'm trying to figure out what the motivating factor is. I'm looking for others who have the same type of goal, but yet know why they want to achieve that goal.