It has been almost five years now since I started working as an IT professional, and almost five years since I carry the responsibility of being the breadwinner in my family. I confess, at first it was really hard. There are times when I cry and asks Him “Why do I need to experience this? Why can’t I live the kind of life that my other friends are living? Why am I carrying this kind of responsibility?”, but I realized that those were the times that I’m being selfish, that I am being disobedient. I forgot that everything happens for a reason and that He will never leave me nor forsake me that is why it came to a point when I finally listened to Him and that’s when I realized that what I’m experiencing right now is a blessing from the Him.
I know that I am not the only person who experiences this kind of blessing, that’s why I made a list of the reasons why you should be grateful for being the breadwinner:
1. You’ll develop a habit of giving
Yes, it’s one of the obvious
reasons why it’s a blessing to be the breadwinner in your family. You’ll learn
to give without expecting anything in return. It’s a habit that you’ll never
regret doing.
2. It is a
preparation for you on your future family
It’s a preparation in a sense that
you’ll be a good provider someday certainly because you have been used to
provide for your family for the longest time so when the time comes that you
have to build your own family, you would not feel the pressure of handling the
finances.
3. You’ll learn how to handle your finances wisely
It’s one of the best blessing I
ever experienced. For me, even if you are the breadwinner in your family, it
should not prevent you from PAYING YOURSELF FIRST. That’s what I realized the
first year as a working professional, that I should learn how to invest as
early as possible. That I should always think of the future. From then on, it
has become my advocacy, to inspire more people to always believe in the power
of delayed gratification by investing now and reaping the fruits later and that
they should not be blinded by the temporary pleasures this world has to offer.
4. It will teach you the pleasures of simple living
It pays great to simplify your
living. Being the breadwinner teaches me to live below my
earning capacity so that I could save more and multiply my money through
investments. I have learned to appreciate the real value of money and
that you can always benefit from the simple things in life. It would teach you
the real essence of existence that it’s never the material things that would
make you happy but it’s the pleasure you get when you see your family living a
comfortable life.
5. A PRIVILEGE to be a channel of BLESSINGS to your family
As I have mentioned earlier, being
the breadwinner is a blessing from the Lord. And since the Lord is blessing me certainly
my family receives those blessings as well. I will always be thankful for this
privilege that the Lord provided me as I won’t be the person I am today if that
never happened to me.
So that’s my list! I hope that
someday, others would learn from my experience and that they would be inspired
to build their wealth as early as they can. I’m hoping also that other
breadwinners will be grateful as well with such privilege that our Lord has
blessed them and that they would take advantage of such situation in their
lives like what John Bunyan said “You have never really lived until you have
done something for someone who can never repay you” :)
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