My wealthy atheist grandfather kept a safe full of diamonds on his main property and owned a ton of land across the US He disowned and disinherited my mother for marrying a Christian man and exiled us to poverty in the ghetto because of our faith I'm rebuilding because of him
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I think about him when I get a big payday Or when we're short on a medical bill I try to pray for him and forgive what he did to us. It's an ongoing effort Gets harder when my wife and kids want something and I can't make it happen yet He left me a negative inheritance
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Now instead of building a family on stable ground, I had to find that ground first Scratch my hands bloody trying to level it Break my back laying a foundation Work my fingers to the bone putting up a roof We're there now, above poverty and just taking off And years behind
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Replying to @TheBrometheus
Yo....I am actually having the same issue I grew up with a similar (not exact but similar) and the fear of continuing that legacy is why I’m spending so much energy learning about money & business now
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I feel you, bro Lots of smart men out here to mentor guys like us
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