There are many times in our lives that we can remember that perfect women or couple who seems to have it all together. They never have a hair out of place; they are sporting the finest of designer wear, glasses, handbags and cars.
These are the people who have the best friends who you think are on the same level and they are always going to dinner and social events and they all seem like they are in this bubble of fabulosity.
Their children have the best clothes, gadgets and go to well appointed schools. We see these people and we become envious and wonder, can we achieve the same things in life.
Some of these folks have their noses up in the air and they are very flashy and they make sure to tell you about the latest high end bauble they have purchased.
Have you really sat down and really thought who these people are? Who are these people, the Joneses?
Well, I have watched many talk shows and heard of some personal stories about who these people really are. They are just ordinary people who maybe have grown up in poverty or ordinary hard working families and they promise themselves that, one day, I am going to look rich, even if I don't have two pennies to rub together.
What you do not know is; some of these people are in foreclosure and they are living off credit cards. Some are in so much debt, they cannot sleep at night. A handful of these folks are involved in some illegal activities, so, they can continue to keep up the front.
There are people who hire thieves to go to high end stores and steal designer clothes so they can continue this façade.
The Joneses are an illusion and we have to learn to stand in our own truth and know that if we work hard enough we can have these things and more.
There is not anything wrong with living well but if you are doing this in order to get praise, recognition and you don't have the means to pay for these things, you are living a lie.
We all have to learn how to invest our money in things that will flourish and grow, so that we will never have to live the lie of the Joneses.
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