Money Won’t Help You When You Most Need It

So why sacrifice your life chasing it?

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Last Monday, April 7, the Dominican Republic experienced one of the worst tragedies in decades: a nightclub building collapsed, leaving more than 300 people injured and dead.

Among the victims were some of the country’s most prominent figures. There were famous celebrities, government officials, and professional baseball players. People with power, influence, and wealth.

Yet when the ceiling came crashing down, none of their titles or bank accounts could save them. Their money couldn’t buy them an escape route. Their status couldn’t shield them from the falling debris.

The rich died along with everyone else; everything they worked so hard to have was useless.

This has left me wondering: Is it worth spending your life chasing money when it can’t help you when you need it most?

Many people sacrifice their entire lives chasing money for nothing.

I know people who haven’t taken a vacation in years. People who miss their kids’ birthdays for business trips. People who work 80-hour weeks. People who haven’t called their aging parents in months because they’re “too busy building their empires.”