Until about a month ago, I walked 120 miles to see my children every two weeks. Why? Because although I have a valid license I simpily can’t afford a car. As I said yesterday, I live with a disabled couple for my food and room so I don’t make a huge deal of money, I really don’t need to. Instead I walk. I haven’t owned a car in over 2 years.

Instead I have learned that I don’t need material possessions to be happy. I don’t have to go out and buy things and own things to be a happy person. Actually I think possessions cloud real world issues. People are to concerned with what they own and don’t stop to realize owning things will not make you happy at all.

This is one of the biggest reasons I don’t get allong with my family (or they don’t get along with me rather). I don’t have to live a traditional life of waking up each day to go to a job I hate just to make money I don’t need to buy things I don’t want. I don’t need money to have a roof over my head. I don’t need money to have food on my table. I don’t need money to know God (in fact it helps to NOT have money). I don’t need material things.

And what of my kids. How do I provide for them? First let me say, this is where people are really going to dislike my beliefs and unless they continue reading this site for an extended period of time, they likely will hate me after this post. So how do I provide for my kids? I manage, thats how. I make a little bit of money off my websites to help pay for things like birthday presents, clothes, and the likes. Other then that, my kids have a roof over their head, and they have food on their table every night.

Would it be better for me to get a regular job and let my kids come live with me? Most people think yes. I don’t. Why? I’ll explain. If I didn’t have a great family who took care of each other I would say yes I need a job to provide for my child. However my family makes sure that the NEEDS (food shelter water…) are taken care of. I don’t have to do that. Instead I can focus on teaching my kids the RIGHT things about life.

I would rather have my kids focusing on God. I would rather them know that owning things does nothing for you in life. It doesn’t take stress away from existance, it adds to it. The more money you make, the more you spend, the more you spend, the more you want. The more you want the more you work. And what about God? What about the fact we are here to worship him, to follow his laws and rules? Well that gets forgotten.

Thats what I want my kids to see in me; someone who doesn’t walk the easy path of life, someone who walks against the world and its modern “must conform” societial laws. I want them to see the path to god is by NOT conforming and doing what everyone else is doing.

“Give to ceasar that which is ceasars”

Money means nothing. God doesn’t care about money. He cares about life. He cares about health. He cares about love. But does he care if you do it by spending money? Nope the barder system works well also. Does he care if you own a car and drive instead of walk? Nope (although he does care about the pollution it causes the world).

The point is, I refuse to do the normal mans idea of “hold a job” to provide. Its not only needed but a burden on you. It causes you not to have time to think about God and his wishes at all times. Instead it causes one to focus on what they can do with all this money. It causes them to be to busy to have time for God, religion, worship, or any of the things that REALLY matter.

Why is it in todays world a man and a woman sleep for 8 hours, work for 8 hours, spend one to two hours driving to and from work, a half hour to an hour to eat lunch at work, and then only have about 4 to 5 hours for their children? Isn’t loving your children and being with them, raising them and teaching them, far more important then the money?

Yes to me society is very wrong, not me. However to society (and that includes almost everyone) I am very wrong and they are right. Funny God warned of this day!