7 Cures to a Lean Purse - 5

In today's lesson, we will be looking at the fifth cure to a lean purse as put across by Goerge S. Clason in his book, The Richest Man in Babylon.

No. 5: Make of thy dwelling a profitable investment

Let me begin with the starting sentence of Arkad, the Richest Man in Babylon, as he addressed the choosen ones of the King.

“If a man setteth aside nine parts of his earnings upon which to live and enjoy life, and if any part of this nine parts he can turn into a profitable investment without detriment to his well-being, then so much faster will his treasures grow.”

All too many of our men of Babylon (the earth) do raise their family in unseemly quarters. No man’s family can fully enjoy life unless they do have a plot of ground wherein children can play in the clean earth and where the wife may raise not only blossoms but good rich herbs to feed her family.

To own his own domicile and to have it a place he is proud to care for, putteth confidence in his heart and greater effort behind all his endeavors. Therefore do I recommend that every man own the roof the sheltereth him and his.

Then will thy heart be glad because thou will own right a valuable property and thy only cost will be the government’s property taxes. And it will reduce your cost of living greatly, making available more of his earning for pleasures and gratification of his desires.

The fifth lesson therefore is this: Own thy own home.

I hope you catch the drift of this lesson and greatly apply it to your life. Shalom and stay blessed.