November 4, 2011

Gazelle Intensity


“Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.  
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter
and like a bird from the hand of the fowler.”
- Proverbs 6:4-5


You should have as much energy escaping from debt as a gazelle has when escaping from a cheetah. Dave Ramsey calls this gazelle intensity.

Run! Escape!

But sometimes, I get tired of running. Sometimes I don't want to live like no one, living in a cheap apartment and packing my lunch every day. When we go through periods of lost income, I feel like we'll never be out of debt. Why bother trying to escape?

If you've ever felt like that, here's some inspiration.



2 comments:

  1. AMEN! This is one of the many reasons I'm so anti-Dave Ramsey. he has like no concept of reality.

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  2. @Newlyweds on a Budget I guess this wasn't as clear as it should have been, but I'm actually a big fan of Dave Ramsey and agree with most of what he teaches. Following the principles he teaches isn't always easy, which is what inspired this post, but I do believe that getting out of debt as soon as possible is a good idea.

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