Change you money habits-know where your money goes part 2

By Bo Sanchez Kerygma Magazine February 2012 issue

The Problem of Living Too Long

Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.  –Sam Ewing—

One day I was talking to “George” about saving for his future.

This man told me,”Why bother?I’m an old man. In 20 years I’ll be dead.”

I was shocked. I asked him, “How old are you, George?”

“I’m 40.” I frowned.

“You think you’ll live only until 60?”

“Well, you never know…”George shrugged.

I grinned. “Yes you’ll never know that you may live until 90.”

“Ninety? My goodness!” he said.

I smiled,” That means you’ll have 50 more years  left in your life.”George looked very shocked at that number.

And I hope to shock you enough now to wake you up.

People Are Living Longer                 

Here’s a fact:Man’s life expectancy continues to grow.

     Because of better health conditions and medical care,we’re living longer than our ancestors.

     See how our life expectancy has increased in the last two centuries:

                          Year                                       Life Expectancy

                          1900                                                 47

                          1910                                                 50

                          1920                                                 54

                          1930                                                 59

                          1940                                                 63

                          1950                                                 67

                          1960                                                 69

                          1970                                                 71

                          1980                                                 74

                          1990                                                 76         

                          2000                                                 80

                          2010                                                102

                          2050                                                140

My father died at 88.

I guess you’ll have to get used to me because there’s a high probability that I’ll live longer than my father did. I may reach 100 years old, still writing books and still having great fun with my life. But I do promise that when I hit 90, I’ll slow down a bit. I’ll have more vacations with my lovely 85-year old wife.

Here’s my point….

Be Healthy in Body and Wallet

If you live until 100, how many more years will you have left?

      Living too long can be a blessing or a burden.

      It depends on two things: how healthy you are physically and financially. I definitely don’t want to live until a hundred if I’m sick.

      And I definitely don’t want to live until a hundred if I’m poor.

      We have to be healthy in both areas.