Fraternity-Testvériség, 1963 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1963-06-01 / 6. szám
FRATERNITY 4 WE TRADE OUR LIVES FOR DOLLARS We may not be avaricious, but to all of us there is something almost terrifyingly sacred about money — our money. All that we possess is time — time and a certain ability — and every day we keep turning our time and ability into money. Each dollar we earn costs a bit more of our life’s value, and once we have traded part of that value, there is a correspondingly smaller amount left. We are trading ourselves for dollars. SO DOLLARS ARE SACRED TO US, BESAUSE THEY ARE ALL WE HAVE LEFT OF CERTAIN PARTS OF OUR LIVES. Life insurance means that when we can no longer stand up under the hammering that comes from the daily pursuit of our business, we know that the part of our lives which is now life insurance will pick up the load. It will stand as a buffer between us and the blows of every-day life and business, and enable us, if it then be our desire, to be wholly free. SO LIFE INSURANCE IS IMPORTANT TO US, BECAUSE IT GIVES PROTECTION AND SECURITY IN LIFE. Yes, we should buy life insurance as protection. That is its first purpose. But we should buy it also as safety for our savings. For every savings dollar is sacred. It represents a part of the human life that we have traded for it. The understanding of this fact by adults and young people alike, will make all of us realize how great life insurance can be when it is present . . . and how tragic the results in its absence. (By R & R Service.) OUR FEDERATION CAN PROVIDE YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE WITH ALL TYPES OF LIFE INSURANCE PROTECTION! TEAM WORK PAYS It is true that both the success of any business organization — commercial or fraternal — and the success of the people who promote and operate that particular business are dependent upon the attitude of those people expressed in efficient, intelligent TEAM WORK in the performance of their respective jobs. According to this, we should look at success and hope for it from two angles: (1) the success of the business and (2) the success of those people whose individual and collective efforts, as members of a TEAM, make the life and operation of the particular business organization possible and profitable . . . consequently successful. It is important, therefore, to understand and to always remember . . . that these two component parts cannot be separated. A business organization, fraternal or commercial, cannot succeed without effective TEAM WORK on the part of the employees (office clerks and field organizers), nor can employees succeed without the
