The Three Little Pigs as Told By Dave Ramsey

You might remember a story about a famous mother pig. She had three famous sons. They were known as the Three Little Pigs. One day, Mother Pig looked up and said, “You can no longer live in my basement and play video games. You must go out into the world and make your way.” And she encouraged her young sons to make their way in the big bad world. And as she did, she said, “Beware of the Big Bad Wolf. He’s ravenous, and he will be patrolling the streets looking for dumb little pigs.” So the Three Little Pigs packed their bags and said good-bye to their mother. Then each went off on a different path. 
Well, the first Little Pig, we know about this little pig. We’ve all heard about him all our lives. He’s YOLO Pig. “You only live once.” “Life’s short, so let’s get straight to it.” “Thank God it’s Friday. Oh God, it’s Monday.” So he didn’t want to invest a lot of time or trouble into his abode. So instead of spending time preparing for his future, the first guy he ran into with some straw sold him some straw. He built a straw house.
The next Little Pig, we call him Ish Pig ‘cause he did everything “ish.” Ish Pig, he sort of did things. He wanted a little more than a straw house. He wanted to invest a little more time and a little more trouble into his future. He knew he should to do these things, but it was a lot of trouble, so he would do it “ish.” As we all know ish is a wish, and he ran into a guy with some twigs, and he built his twig house. He knew he should invest himself into his future, but when all his broke little piggy friends told him it was normal to go into debt to buy a new truck and go to a fancy school and live in a neighborhood he couldn’t afford, he listened to them.
The third pig, Mr. Brick House, “I’m going to live like no one else, so that later I can live and give like no one else. There’s a Big Bad Wolf out there.” And he invested effort and time and discipline and trouble into all aspects of his life. He built a brick house. 
Now, any good child knows what happens next. The Big Bad Wolf named Pandemic came along. He’s named 2008 with the real estate bubble. He’s named 9-11 with the towers being attacked. He’s named Tornado. He’s named Hurricane. The Big Bad Wolf is named Forrest Fires. And he came looking for little pigs to devour.
He came to YOLO Pig’s house and he said, “Come out! Come out!” 
And the first little pig said, “I’ve heard about you. My mom told me about you. I’m not coming out. You just want a pork sandwich. Not a chance. Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin.”
And the wolf said, “Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house down.” And he did. He shut down schools and businesses. He shut down an entire economy. The little pig escaped, barley, and he ran to his brother’s house with the twigs.
The Big Bad Wolf came to the twig house and Ish Pig was there, and he said, “Come out! Come out!”
Ish Pig said, “No, not by the hair of my chinny chin chin.”
“Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll take your life away.” 
He said, “No!”
The wolf huffed and he puffed and he blew the house down. Then two little pigs ran for their brother’s house. They ran to the brick house. The wolf huffed and he puffed and he huffed and he puffed, but he was unable to blow the house down. So he left and went looking for more YOLO and Ish Pigs because the third pig had defeated the wolf.
The wolf is coming! He’s real. It’s called Life. Stuff happens and we have to be ready. We have to be the third pig!
𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 𝐘𝐎𝐋𝐎, 𝐈𝐬𝐡, 𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤?