Fragility isn’t the disease—lack of vision is.
think we need?A friend @josediccus post got me thinking: What does it really mean to be frugal? Is it that we don’t know how to use money, or is it just that we haven’t been exposed to the things we
Human beings have insatiable wants. If what you have covers your actual needs, you can be satisfied. But then other people start telling you what you should need. Fashion, ads, friends—they all push their idea of what you "deserve." But who really decides what you need? What you see outside, or what you feel inside?
Take a car, for example. You might just need something to get you from home to work and back. Does it have to be a Bugatti? No. A regular car does the same job. But then you see Bugattis everywhere, ads, friends buying them, and suddenly, you feel the pressure. You get one, only to realize it does the exact same thing as your old car, just with extra flash. Did you need it? Probably not. You needed a car, not that car.
The problem isn’t frugality. The problem is letting the wrong sources define your needs. Social media is where most people look for what they "should" want but that’s not where you should be looking. Look inside. Ask yourself: What do I actually need?
Here’s the truth: If you have a vision, a purpose, a plan, you won’t chase things that don’t matter. You won’t spend money you don’t have to impress people who don’t care. And when real needs come up, you won’t be stuck because you wasted cash on things you never needed.
Frugality isn’t the issue. The real disease? Purposelessness. No vision. No plan.
Wealth without purpose isn’t wealth—it’s a trap. It’ll drain your time, your focus, and your life. But if you’re faithful with little, more will come. Start small. Manage wisely. Build your vision.
True riches don’t go to those who just want money—they go to those who know why they need it.
Get the vision. Stick to the plan. The rest will follow.
Having said that true wealth doesn't really come to people who do not have vision, because if true wealth comes to them, they are going to spend what they got on other things because there was no vision in the first place.
And I would like to track this to a Bible verse which I have once come across where it says that if a man is faithful in little things, then greater things will be committed to him And if he is unfaithful in that little things, then who shall commit to him the true riches?
And the truth is you start from being able to manage little things, not wasting little things, but before you begin to manage even greater things.
This is where I would like to bring this post to a conclusion, seeing that we all have that desire to be rich, and I pray we all have vision to make use of the riches. Thank you for reading.
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Thank you so much.