§8 - Wednesday. December 12,

1990 - North Shore News

BUSINESS

More to lite than making money

MANAGING YOUR money can easily be a full-time oc-
cupation. But for most people, it shouldn’t be.

Does that sound strange coming
from somebody like me who, you
might think, spends every waking
hour (and perhaps even every
sleeping hour) keeping up with all
the latest financial developments
and dreaming up new ways to
save and make money?

There's certainly no shortage of
information as far as keeping up:
the general and business news in
local and national newspapers,
constant radio and TV news and
business features, weekly business
newspapers and journals, monthly
business magazines, bi-weekly and
monthly tax and business newslet-
ters, and an unending flow of
reports from accounting firms,
brokcrage houses and other finan-
cial institutions.

Indeed, anyone who takes more
than a passing interest in personal
money management should be ex-
posed to at least some of the
preceding information scurces on
a regular basis.

Although some people look on
making and manipulating money

as an end in itself, most of us
should see personal financial
planning as simply a part — albeit
an essential part — of our lives.

Far more impor. .:, if | may
suggest (and | do, at ihe end of
every financial speech and seminar
I give), is your over-all quality of
life.

We get so busy dealing with the
everyday crises at home and at
work {sometimes the two places
are the same) we tend to forget
the everyday delights of simply
being alive.

Years ago I took a course in
Victorian English literature. One
of the essays, by Thomas Carlyle,
dealt with appreciating the fact
that we exist. Carlyle cited the
ability of being able to move our
hands as a wonder all in itself.

[ always remembered that
passage but had been unable to
find it again until recently, when
one of my clients, an English
professor, on hearing of my quest,
kindly located the excerpt and sent
it to me.

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Heritage Advisory Committee

Heritage Awards

NOMINATIONS are now being accepted for the 1991 City of North
Vancouver Heritage Awards. The deadline for nominations is
December 21, 1990. Awards will be granted during Heritage Week,
February 18-24, 1991 in the following categories:

Residential Building Conservation
“Honouring an outstanding restoration or the adaptive re-use
of a residential heritage building or its landscaping”

Commercial Building Conservation
“Honouring an outstanding restoration or the adaptive re-use
of a commercial heritage building or its landscaping”

Personal Achievement

“Honouring an individual or corporation for outstanding com-
munity achievement in support of heritage conservation in

the City”

NOMINATION FORMS may be picked up at Cily Hall 141 West

| 14th Street or call 985-7761 (lacet 216) for more infarmation

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DOLLARS AND SENSE

Taken from the [7th paragraph
of Chapter & of Book Hl of
Carlyle's Sarror Resartus, the
passage runs as follows:

‘““Co.were it) not miraculous,
could | stretch forth my hand and
clutch the Sun? Yet thou seest me
daily stretch forth my hand and
therewith clutch many a_ thing,

and swing it hither and thither.

“Art thou a grown baby, then
to find that the Miracle lies in
miles of distance, or in pounds of
avoirdupois of weight; and net to
see that the true inexplicable
God-revealing Miracie Hes in this,
that [ can stretch forth my hand
at all; that I have free Force to
clutch aught therewith?"’

Look at your hand for a mo-
ment. Extend and flex the fingers.
Move your hand. You do it all so
effortlessly, yet isn’t it truly a
miracle that you are able to send
that message from your brain and
have your fingers and hand move?

The computer may be amazing.
but our brain still is the most
amazing creation of all — along
with the rest of our body.

Of course we aren't going to
spend every moment marvelling at
our ability to think and move. If
we did, we wouldn't get much
useful thinking and moving done.

But I do encourage you to in-
vest a few moments now and
again -~ especially during this
festive season — in an apprecia-
tion of the everyday miracles we
take for granted. Even when life

gets oppressive, experiencing those
tough times at least indicates we
are still alive and able to function.
And usually it’s better to live
through 4 tough time than noi to
live at all.

The ‘“‘simple’’ miracles can be
the best:

e Moving your hand,
feet, toes and the rest.

* Savoring a cool drink on +
hot day.

* Soaking in a hot tub on a
cold and miserable day.

* Smelling the ruses (unless you
have hay fever).

¢ Finding a gas station on the
highway just as the car’s gas
gauge needle dips below empty.

° Thrilling to a closely fought
sports event.

* Meeting a loved one at the
airport.

© Hearing that you got the job.

® Having a refreshing night's
sieep — or afternoon nap.

fd put any of those pleasures
up against getting an extra quarter
of a per cent on an RRSP. (Stili,
if that higher rate would produce

fingers,

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