A STORY is told of a businessman. He was in Mexico on some business. He went to a little fishing village to kind of get away from the crowd a little bit and wind down. He made his way to the dock and noticed a fishing boat coming in with a big yellow fin tuna hanging on the hook. So he went over to the fisherman and said, \u201cMan, you had a great catch today.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI sure did. It was a wonderful catch and I\u2019ve got enough to feed my family and sell a little bit to make a little money.\u201d<\/p>\n
The businessman asked, \u201cAre you going to go back out today?\u201d<\/p>\n
The fisherman chuckled, \u201cNo, I\u2019m through for today.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, what are you going to do with the rest of your time?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to go home, play with my kids, and take a siesta with my wife. Then, I\u2019m going to go out to the town tonight and get with my amigos. We\u2019re going to fellowship tonight. I\u2019ll probably go out tomorrow for a couple of hours and get some more tuna.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh,\u201d said the businessman. \u201cLook, I think I can help you. I\u2019m an MBA from Harvard. Just looking at what you\u2019ve got here, you\u2019ve got something that can grow. If you work a little bit longer and catch some more fish, then you can sell it for a higher profit. When you sell it for a higher profit, you can buy more boats. When you buy more boats, bringing in more fish, you\u2019ll be able to afford to skip the middleman and become your own cannery. When you become your own cannery, then you can expand your business so that other fishermen will have to bring their fish to you. Now, you\u2019ll probably have to move, probably to Mexico City. If things continue to expand, you\u2019ll have to then move to L.A. or maybe New York. If your cannery gets to the place where things really explode, then you can take your company public on the New York Stock Exchange. You\u2019ll be a multimillionaire.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSounds great, Se\u00f1or, but how long will this take?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, about twenty years.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSe\u00f1or, after I become a multimillionaire, what happens next?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, that\u2019s the best part. Then you can retire.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do I do when I retire?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell,\u201d the businessman said with a slow realization coming upon him, \u201cthen you can go to a small fishing village, play with your kids, take a siesta with your wife, and hang out in the evening with your amigos.\u201d<\/p>\n
Feeling a bit foolish, he continued, \u201cWell, it was just an idea.\u201d1051<\/p>\n
[Materialism, Deception of; Materialism, Perspective of]<\/p>\n
Ps. 39:6; Matt. 16:26; Heb. 13:5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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