By Dr Charles Leyman Kachitsa
Those taking a trip would have been advised on what to take for the journey. What one takes depends on so many metrics. Metrics because its not just the type of items that you need to consider but other such things like the distance, the mode of travel, available resources, the type of luggage one owns, the one doing the packing, number of days staying at the destination, whether there is a stopover along the way and most importantly the appetite of the traveller.
One man’s trip is easy to manage. As you add on the list number of travellers and their age bands, things start to become more serious as to the planning of the journey. Where more than one person is travelling no matter the distance, some planning needs to be put in place.
Even two people travelling on a bicycle need to plan as to who will be on the carrier bar or behind on the tray carrier. Other aspects have to be thrown in the planning as well especially if it involves not one gender but both genders no matter the relationships, the most difficult being work colleague related long trips.
Above all else one needs to be certain of the destination, where they are going as this has a bearing on all aspects of the planning. When sure of where the trip will end, you then visualize the arrival. It is always good to arrive in grand style as it shows purposeful living and respect of the whole trip as being a useful.
One does not make a useful trip and arrive at their destination carelessly without any majesty. The question is whether we are ready for that trip and what we are carrying, I know of some people who always make sure they have a packed bag ready for any journey that life brings their way. What is it you will carry with you?
The quotes this week are a continued extraction from a book which commentary at the back says that a man’s wealth is not in the coins he carries in his purse, it is the income he builds, the golden stream that continually flows into his purse and keeps it always bulging. I am sure the few selected quotations listed below from the book will enlighten you to one or two lessons to enhance your life. Read and enjoy:
THE RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON by George S. Clason
“Gold slippeth away from the man who invests it in businesses or purposes with which he in not familiar or which are not approved by those skilled in its keep. —- Gold flees the man who would force it to impossible earnings or who followeth the alluring advice of tricksters and schemers or who trusts it to his own inexperience and romantic desires in investments.”
“Any man who will put by one-tenth of his earnings consistently and invest it wisely will surely create a valuable estate that will provide an income for him in the future and further guarantee safety for his family in case the gods call him to the world of darkness. This law always sayeth that gold cometh gladly to such a man. I can truly certify this in my own life. The more gold I accumulate, the more readily it comes to me and in increased quantities. The gold which i save earns more, even as yours will, and its earnings earn more, and this is the working out of the first law.”
“Gold indeed, clingeth to the cautious owner, even as it flees the careless owner. The man who seeks the advice of men wise in handling gold soon learneth not to jeopardize his treasure, but to preserve in safety and to enjoy in contentment its consistent increase.”
“Gold cometh gladly and in increasing quantity to any man who will put by not less than one-tenth of his earnings to create an estate for his future and that of his family. —— Gold laboureth diligently and contentedly for the wise owner who finds for it profitable employment, multiplying even as the flocks of the field.”
