“There is a story about a vacationer to Mexico who chided a local about what the tourist perceived as laziness. The local was sitting under a tree on a hot summer day drinking an iced tea.
“Why aren’t you working and earning money?” the tourist asked. He went on: “Take me as an example. At your age, I worked two jobs. I saved money and invested it. By now, I have accumulated enough to come here to Mexico to take my vacation.”
“And how are you going to spend your day here?” asked the local.
“Why, I’m going to sit under that tree there and drink iced tea,” said the tourist.
“I rest my case,” said the local.
The old adage deserves consideration: you can’t take it with you. Use money to become a more generous individual.”
Gary Lauenstein in The Redemptorists of the Denver Province email on 21 June 2013.