Pipelines are our Lifelines

It was more than exciting when I recently read the amazing Parable of the Pipeline. This is a story of two friends, Pablo and Bruno who take different paths in the pursuit of financial freedom. They were both young and wanted better lives for themselves. One day an opportunity presented itself. The mayor of the village was seeking two people to carry water from a distant river to the village water point so that the villagers would find ease in water collection. Thankfully, the two friends won the job. They were paid on the basis of the amount of water they were able to collect in a day.

The bucket carrying opportunity meant that the bigger the bucket one carried, the more he would be paid. However, as time went by, Pablo felt dissatisfied with the wages they received from carrying large buckets of water and began to brain storm on better ways to make money. An idea got to him. He thought of building a pipeline from the river to the village water point. He shared his idea with Bruno who frantically refused to join in. Bruno was sure that with more buckets he would make more money.

Pablo was determined. He began to work eight hours a day and used the evenings and weekends to build his pipeline. This would take long. During this time, Bruno made more money of-course and got more time to spend at the bar and buy expensive items for himself. Hence, he seemed to have made it in life. Sadly, as time went by he began to look tired and his face was torn with exhaustion. His back ached and his fingers were blistered from the heavy weights.

The villagers on the other hand laughed at Pablo but he geared on and  finished building the pipeline in a year. Voilà! Now he was able to earn money as water flowed through the pipeline. He would make money while he rested, played or travelled .

This is a lifetime story. Most of us are settled on making more money by spending more time in their job. Any time above eight hours is over time. In case of age or illness the income is bound to cease as we live from one pay check to the next. Pablo understood that he only had to work hard at the beginning for an ongoing lifetime income. He struggled through in the first year of building a pipeline but water and money began to flow in the second year.The more pipelines we build the more financially free we become.

The Parable of the Pipeline