You have probably heard, or some
variation of: For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while
some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves
through with many sorrows (1 Timothy 6:10). Well, at least the first part
anyway. Consider how many “successful” people throughout history have used
wealth to impress their will on others due to the false belief their financial
success equates to spiritual success. The supposed entitlement that wealth conveys
unfortunately has for many built a barrier to enlightenment which often becomes
insurmountable. To be clear: money is not the problem, it’s the love of it.
If our definition of success is based solely on possessions and wealth, we will
have “gained the world but lost ourselves”, remember, he who dies with
the most toys still dies and as much as we may wish to, we can’t take it with
us. Many have tried, and all have failed. We find them, unearth them, and then
parade them and their cherished possessions about, kind of creepy if you really
stop and think about it, this grave robbing. Clearly it didn’t work out so well
for them, did it? Additionally, we all know or know of a family torn apart over
an inheritance, greed supplanting love and family.
Living on the Spiritual Basis we learn to use money as the tool it truly is.
God wants all His children to be happy, joyous, and free and if we have been
blessed with substantial resources, we seek ways to help others, preferably
anonymously, for in this way we avoid the trap of love of money and avoid piercing
ourselves through with many sorrows.
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Silk sheets or city streets, Park Avenue or park bench, addiction is an equal opportunity destroyer of lives.
My name is Vincent Lee Jones and I have been in recovery since September 1985. My professional career began when I was nearly 20 years in recovery and was asked to work pro bono with at risk students at Huntington Beach High School. At the time I had developed a reputation within the at large recovery community as an effective communicator and was known to some of the faculty. After the death of two students from prescription drugs I was asked to start working with at risk students, which I did for nearly 5 years. Word of mouth lead to offers of compensated freelance Facilitator and Director positions with numerous local treatment facilities in the ensuing years.
As a retired Building Contractor/Designer, working in conjunction with a treatment facility, I created a construction program utilizing a workforce comprised almost exclusively of people new or returning to recovery, helping them to not only learn a trade and start making a living but since many of them had relapsed numerous times, to begin truly building a foundation with real aftercare to live free of active addiction. This program changed many lives.
In my 30+ years in recovery I have worked with thousands of individuals from all walks of life, teenagers to the retired, famous to infamous, prosperous to those living hand to mouth, adamant atheists to those embracing strong Religious beliefs; suffering from all manner of intoxicant and behavior-based addictions as well as those who love and care about them, both as a member in recovery Fellowships and as a treatment professional. I can be contacted at 714-366-1725.
I write and publish daily a recovery based nondenominational spiritually based blog at https://livinginspirit.blogspot.com with accompanying videos that can be found as well on YouTube and LinkedIn at Vincent Lee Jones.
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