Rocky Chambers
“By the time I was 29 I had accomplished most all of the goals I had really set for myself. I had the American dream. Good paying job with a major corporation, nice home, two cars, wife two kids, plenty of friends. Yet I was as unhappy as could be! For all of my success, and all of my ability, I could not find anything to make me happy. The grass always seemed greener elsewhere. Yet I knew this wasn't true.”
Christopher Parkening
“As I grew up, I became convinced that my aim should be to make a lot of money, retire early and enjoy the good life… At 30, I achieved my goal… I needed something more, something to provide the fulfillment my success wasn’t giving me.”
Steve Ridenour
“After a few years of working in the oil and gas industry as an engineer, I started a very successful chemical company. I was making more money than I had ever dreamed that I would make.”
Jeff Miller
“I wanted to be rich, to have new cars, travel, etc. My God was money. I couldn't wait to graduate and find a good paying job. I figured if I had money, I'd surely be happy. I found a good job and spent money like it was going out of style.”
Joe Winterman
“I owned a nice house, had some money saved up and a family. I was offered a job in Germany, with full expenses paid, a great salary, and a management position. But I had touched something in Ft. Lauderdale that I couldn't drink or smoke away.”
Lennie Fisher (1)
“I worked a lot, as I needed more and more money. I would work all the hours God would send. I was a supervisor in a factory… I was real happy to have overtime to pay off my truck payments.”
Stan Borley
“Eventually I bought into our materialistic western values in the hope that peace of mind could be purchased… I bought the whole package with the quest for money and the toys that come with it… a high paying union job and the leisure time to enjoy it all. Even with all of this I became increasingly cynical and cold hearted.”
Darrell Anderson
“In America, we too often measure happiness with money or material possessions. We also assume a person’s happiness is based upon whether or not they are physically beautiful. When it comes to children, we gauge their happiness according to their family environment.”
Ceci Sullivan
“He obeyed God's voice, that spoke to his heart even though it didn't make financial sense to walk away from so much money. He also knew God's ways are not man's ways, God's thoughts are not man's thoughts.”