Recently I read that the head of JP Morgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, has been diagnosed with throat cancer. Under Dimon's leadership, JP Morgan Chase has been a part of the massive foreclosure fraud, the rigging of markets, and...
Chase Bank also purposefully misled the public on the "London Whale" scam, in which the bank lost $6 billion making bets on derivatives with depositors' money, yet still managed to make a record $21 billion profit. Dimon escaped accountability for this bungle, even though his bank admitted to violating securities laws and two Chase traders are facing criminal charges. Additionally, one of Chase's clients was Bernie Madoff, the same guy who rooked investors out of $50 billion and is currently doing hard time in jail. Chase's penalty for turning a blind eye to Madoff's ponzi scheme is roughly $2 billion, a slap on the wrist for a megabank like Chase....
When I heard the news about Dimon, I got to thinking about that Biblical verse in which Jesus is quoted as saying, "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"
We can accumulate an ungodly amount of wealth and possessions here on earth. Yet when it is time to pass on, we take none of that with us. What we think we have or possess is an illusion. When we die, this material world will eventually pass away just as a dream does when we wake up.
I believe that nobody but God can judge a person's soul, but we can judge a person's actions here on earth. Perhaps Dimon will survive. Certainly he will have the finest health care. But the body is only a temporary vehicle.
It is never too late to learn something from life. So maybe Dimon will learn that no matter how much wealth we gain and treasure we plunder, when we pass on we only take ourselves with us. On earth, our possessions and power can serve as a temporary ego rush and a passing preoccupation. But when we die, great wealth and power can only build us a fabulous mausoleum. Grant
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