I recently had a conversation with a gentleman who was dating a wonderful girl that he knew he loved, but he just couldn't tell her. It seems he had experienced the pain of a divorce and had cold feet about saying 'I love you' again. It's natural that when we are hurt we guard our hearts and become afraid to let someone else back in for fear of being hurt again.
The news is full of stories depicting the severity of the unemployment rate, the foreclosure rate, and other negatives. There are many people with good jobs who want to buy a house, but are afraid that they too will wind up in the employment line. The truth is, no job is safe.
However, the days of a one career life have reached their end. Very few people work the same job or even the same career for 30+ years anymore. Your career is not a job, it's who you are. It's what you enjoy doing. And by not making the decision to take advantage of the lowest prices in the housing market in decades, you are cheating yourself from what you really want.
Later, I was thinking about the conversation about love and I thought of a response. And I think it applies to both situations.
It's all about faith. We exemplify faith in our lives every single day. We get up and have faith that our cars will start so that we can go to work, and the bus will show up to pick up the children. We drive onto the highway in faith believing that the person driving the car coming towards us at 65 mph will stay in their own lane, yet nothing separates these 2 vehicles but a painted yellow line down the middle of the road.
Everything you do or participate in every day is a result of faith. If you can have faith in a person you don't even know to stay on their side of the road and not cross over and hit you, how can you not have faith in a person you know? Are you putting off your happiness out of fear? When it comes to matters of the heart, you should cherish every day as if if could be the last. Don't withhold your feelings from someone you love.
Everything you do or participate in every day is a result of faith. If you can have faith in a person you don't even know to stay on their side of the road and not cross over and hit you, how can you not have faith in a person you know? Are you putting off your happiness out of fear? When it comes to matters of the heart, you should cherish every day as if if could be the last. Don't withhold your feelings from someone you love.
Having faith, or assuming the positive result, is what drives us. Of course there are no guarantees, not for anyone no matter who you are. There's no promise of anything in life, not even a promise of tomorrow.
But this isn't about promises, it's about facts. The facts are that home prices are the lowest in centuries, interest rates are the lowest they have ever been in my lifetime, and the financial benefits of home ownership simply outweigh the 'if's' and fears.
Put yourself and your financial future into overdrive. It's time to step out in faith and believe!
Put yourself and your financial future into overdrive. It's time to step out in faith and believe!
