What the Pilgrims Knew About Wealth

[Image]( Introducing JackPot Trades… Get Jason Bond’s highest-conviction trade idea every Monday. For a little over ï¿ 25 a day you can join his latest service. Hurry, because this offer is only available to the next 100 people. [Get your Black Friday discount here.]( “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” ― Viktor E. Frankl Dear Reader, Happy Thanksgiving! Today I have an extraordinary story to share with you. But first, did you know the Mayflower entered the New World with about 100 passengers? It’s true. Believe it or not, Tavish, the [WealthWise podcast]( audio engineer, was fortunate enough to have a grandfather, Sydney – a strong and Cornishman – skilled in genealogy. When Sydney traced his lineage back over many centuries, and even further back than the family member on his maternal side – a carpenter – who sailed on the original Mayflower in 1620. The passengers who sailed on the Mayflower England were Pilgrims who sought freedom. Some wanted to escape the dominion of the Church of England, which they found oppressive and corrupt. They made that dangerous journey because of a belief—a mindset. Why Give Thanks? Today in the United States, we celebrate Thanksgiving. In 1789, President George Washington proclaimed the first nationwide thanksgiving celebration in North America to roughly coincide with the anchoring of the Mayflower at Cape Cod in November 1620. Thanksgiving began to mark “…a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favours of Almighty God.” No matter your beliefs, giving thanks and observing special ceremonies of gratitude are common among both religious and secular communities. And for anyone who at this time remembers a loved one, thanks for the gift of life itself. On the [WealthWise podcast](, I’ve spoken with several wealthy people. One of the common traits I find in them is a grateful mindset. Most of them are filled with gratitude for what they have and for all the abundance that comes from it. And almost always this mindset— is established long before the zeros in their bank account get there. In fact, I think it would be true to say that if you took the money and material possessions away— they’d still retain their wealth. Giving Thanks When There’s Nothing to Be Grateful For At Thanksgiving, not everyone feels grateful. It can be easy to feel cynical if you judge yourself by what you have around you. And everyone celebrating can even make you feel worse and more isolated. If you feel that way, you are not alone. I offer two thoughts to consider. The travelers on the Mayflower arrived at Cape Cod with what things in their hands; that’s it. They couldn’t pop down to the store to replenish their supplies. They just didn’t have those amenities 399 years ago in Massachusetts. By any modern standard, they were essentially homeless immigrants with little in the way of possessions. All that they really had were their attitudes and beliefs, and each other. The other thought is that as bleak and down as you may feel right at this moment, there are others to whom you can bring support, comfort, and a renewed mindset of hope and gratitude. Even today you have the ability to bring a different, more hopeful outlook to people who feel that there is no hope. If you are alone today or feel that life is not worth celebrating, search for a local homeless shelter, food bank, or soup kitchen and ask how you can volunteer; it can literally take one phone call. Donate time or other resources such as canned food, coats or blankets to people who really are less fortunate than yourself. It is often easier to become consumed in pain or feel cynical that it is to break these mental shackles. But it is possible right now to take the first step to break that belief and to offer what you have. The quote at the top of today’s edition is from Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl. This remarkable book recounts the experiences Frankl endured during the Second World War, surviving four separate concentration camps. Few of us will ever experience that degree of cruelty and hardship in our lives. Still, all of us can learn from Frankl’s decision – his conscious choice – to live with a free mindset while in the middle of the most abhorrent physical circumstances imaginable. I’ll allow Frankl to conclude our letter today; “Pain from problems and disappointments, etc., is inevitable in life, but suffering is a choice determined by whether you choose to compare your experience and pain to something better and therefore feel unlucky and bitter or to something worse and therefore feel lucky and grateful!” – Viktor E. Frankl I wish you and your family a very Happy Thanksgiving. 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