THANK you for the positive feedback from last week’s column and I am happy to know the content added value to lives. Today, we will dive into the remaining four. I give God thanks for brilliant minds like the late Dr Myles Munroe. I desire to leave a legacy as powerful as his that, after my death, I must still be able to transform lives.

Social Wealth is the fourth. We don’t think about this sometimes, but is it important to us to become wealthy in our friendship, wealthy in family relationships, wealthy in our relation with people. We are as poor as the friends we have and as wealthy as the friends you keep.
“If your marriage is not working well and your relationship with your parent is negative, unforgiveness and anger, you are poor in your social wealth,” said Myles Munroe

Forgiveness can be difficult for most people, but it is healthy to forgive. Although I am a forgiving person, it took me a while to forgive my dad for abusing my mom and deserting us. It is wise to be nice to everyone because your success may depend on someone you don’t like. Sometimes, you don’t need money but need people who have money. While in prison, Joseph developed relationships and one of the friends he made connected him to Pharoah. We all know the story that brought Joseph to the prime ministership.

Over the years, I have developed relationships that continue to assist me on my journey. When I had planned my 14-city US tour for my books, people wondered how that was possible. And I don’t live there, but I have cultivated and nurtured some incredible relationships. I could not have planned and executed Guyana Fashion Week, Women in Business Expo and many other projects in Guyana and across borders. I admired Dolly Chambers and her beautiful people friend (pic inserted ) because of the way they were related to each other at the indigenous brunch hosted at Tower Suites. I thought they were related but one of them told me they were friends. Christine King and some of her friends from school days will join us. One of them was dancing to the indigenous music and I was thinking when I get to that age, I need to be dancing like that. Genuine friendship contributes positively to our well-being.

Influential Wealth

We must be rich in the area of influence. God wants us to be wealthy in our capacity to bring change to the world. What kind of influence do you have in your family, community, or church?
Myles Munroe made reference to John 16:23: ” I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you”. In other words, Jesus is using my name and my father will give everything you need.
Dr Monroe asked, “is your name good? Have you protected your name.” He said in his home country his children could have walked into any bank and received a loan because of his influence and good name. My daughters have told me stories of positive reactions from people because of my influence.
This points to the importance of the relationship itself for the ability to influence. Establishing trust, says noted social psychologist Robert Cialdini, seems a precondition for the ease of influence. To change someone’s mind, it helps to first build a connection where they will be more open to hearing what you have to say.

Community Wealth

We must be wealthy in our community experience hence improving other people’s lives. If we help others to get what they want we will develop Wealth in the community. Dr Munroe said “When you help the drug addict, the poor, people who are abandoned, those who can’t help themselves. If you reach out to them, you are becoming wealthy”
Those words reminded me that my family is more wealthy than we realised because we have been doing this for years. I grew up in a home to always find a way to help others even with the little they had. The philanthropic work I do results from the environment I grew up in, so it is natural for me to do the things I do. Dr Munroe reminded us that our community influence will be reflected in our obituary and you will not be remembered for what you save but for what you give. That reminded me of the great things people said when my foster dad Allan Join died. A few weeks ago, I was at an event and it was done by 11pm and some finger foods were left over. I asked the host of the party permission to put them in boxes and take them to Regent Street with a beverage. I was excited when I got permission, and I called to take it. The taxi driver was telling me how dangerous it is at this time with street people. I explained that this was not my first time and we will be fine. I went on to tell him about a few of the products I have done, including the Bread Basket which continues to provide meals for the homeless.
I think he was inspired by the time we got to the destination because he assisted in sharing. Most of them know me very well because I don’t only give them food, but I also interact with them sometimes. Some even say I make the best coffee lol. The event was significant but the high point for me was this exercise which showed hungry faces converted into happy faces. These pics are stored on my mental hard drive because I don’t take any pics.

The final is Generational Wealth!

‘A good man leaves an inheritance for his children and his children’s children.” Proverbs 23:13

This is the most important, according to Myles Munroe. Focus on becoming wealthy in the area of generation, just as the scripture says. We must leave an inheritance for our grandchildren.

“If everything dies with you, you are a failure. You are a failure. In the kingdom of God, you must think generational. Leave your children assets, not deficits; blessings, not curses. Dr Myles Munroe

I trust this content inspires you not to let everything die with you and that you are capable of doing more than we are as we continue to celebrate life BEYOND THE RUNWAY.