Bartley and Bentley were identical twins who had graduated from a business management program, at the same time. By nature, Bartley was cautious, relatively careful about his lifestyle and very determined to succeed in life, as well as financially. Bentley was exactly the opposite, being very happy-go-lucky with respect to his life style, as well as his finances.
Just for fun, they had made New Year's Resolutions together last year. One had kept them; the other had not. Comparing notes made it evident once again, that the two young men had different personalities, even though they were so much alike in appearance that hardly anyone could tell them apart.
"Hey, Barltey, what
happened with regard to keeping your New Year's resolutions from last
year?" asked Bentley.
"I kept them all,"
replied Bartley, with a grin on his face. "I just checked my bank account
and now, I am well on my way to getting rich! I can hardly believe what
has happened. What about you?"
"I broke all of my New
Year's resolutions," said Bentley. "That was so dumb! I would be
getting rich too, if I had kept them. They were all about saving money."
"Mine were too,
remember?" Bartley responded. "I resolved to save a percentage
of my income from every pay check that I received this past year. I put it into
a savings account. It worked and now the interest is accumulating like
crazy, too. Wow! Now, I am going to
resolve to give a percentage of my income to God," said Bartley.
"That's called tithing."
"You crazy?" asked
Bentley. "That's really dumb!"
"Not to a
believer?" replied Bartley. "What New Year's resolutions
are you making?"
"I gave up on making
them," replied Bentley. "Well, maybe I'll think of something
later."
"You know, bro," said
Bartley, with a gentle smile. "You can always start afresh. Every year is
a new year. Here is a new challenge for you. Let's try again. You don't have to
do this, but we could compare notes next year. It will be interesting to
see what happens."
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