Why The Rich Life?

Hey my first followers! I love you already for reading my blog! As you may already know, my lovely wife has an awesome blog where she records our family life, and well, I guess she inspired me. This one is going to be quite a bit different than hers, as for the most part, I don't intend for it to be about our family. I think she does well enough with that, and besides as interesting as we are :), who wants to read 2 blogs about our family?

So, I found that the first thing you do when you create a blog is choose a title for it...right away this is more difficult than I thought! I could have thought about a title forever, but the first thing that came to mind worked so I went with it, The Rich Life. How cool is that? I know you're all envious of my creativity!

After reading my subtitle, you probably know my blog is not going to be about making money, or having money, or loving money. Instead of being about getting, this blog will be more about giving. There have been times in my life where I have had an abundance, and times where (in American standards) I have just scraped by, and I can say from a little experience, that joy doesn't come from having deep pockets ( I know you've never heard that before). In fact, I have experienced a more deeply rooted joy in the difficult times in my life, than in the times of abundance.

I believe material wealth is deceiving. Those who lust for it are deceived because they think it will fulfill them, and those who have it are deceived because they think they've reached the top. I want to strive for better things, and I want to live The Rich Life. (Insert really cool Mission Impossible/Action- Like music here).