| Generational
Planning Produces Wealth
"We see farther because we stand on
the shoulders of giants."
Bernardus Silvestis - 12th century scholastic
What are you doing
for your grandchildren?
Does the question sound strange? In a culture addicted to immediate
gratification, we're here with a reminder that - a five year plan
is not a long term plan. European cathedrals were built
by generations of workers sharing a common vision. Knowing it
would take centuries to complete, they planted forests so their
grandchildren would have wood for beams and furnishings. Now that's
long term planning.
Real
Wealth Endures.
Wealth means much more than a fat bank account. Wealth is a legacy
of resources, skills and relationships. Do you want to build real
wealth? Plan with three generations in view. Take time to work
in a way that passes on your methods as well as your results.
Do things today that will still bear fruit 60 years from now.
The Wise Know The
Whys
Know why you work. Tell why you work. Be explicit. This is an
essential element in generational planning. Quarrying stone, carving
gargoyles, and crafting stained class are all honorable vocations;
but a single generation that looses the vision can consume the
wealth that could have been a cathedral.
An old man, going a lone highway,
Came at the evening, old and gray;
To a chasm, vast, and deep, and wide,
Through which was flowing a sullen tide.
The old man crossed in the twilight dim;
The sullen stream had no fears for him;
But he turned, when safe on the other side,
And built a bridge to span the tide.
"Old man," said a fellow pilgrim, near,
"You are wasting strength with building here;
Your journey will end with the ending day;
You never again must past this way;
You have crossed the chasm, deep and wide -
Why build you the bridge at the eventide?"
The builder lifted his old gray head:
"Good friend, in the path I have come," he said,
"There followeth after me today
A youth, whose feet must pass this way.
This chasm, that has been naught to me,
To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be.
He, too, must cross in the twilight dim;
Good friend, I am building the bridge for him."
The Bridge Builder,
Will Allen Dromgoole
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