Who can say how words in this book will be received ? Will readers
respond to a message about immigration and resilience ? I know my
own reaction. I came to the conclusion that nobody would buy in.
That was a switch because I had believed people would eat up my
every word. As I wrote, a change came over me. I began to believe
that my words would also change others. Even Warren Buffett, the
modern King Midas. I began to see that my book was not just about
emigration and resilience but also about repentance and redemption.
I accepted the notion that this was my Pactolus, the river which
had lifted the burden of greed and threat from Midas, whose food
and drink---and daughter---turned into gold at his touch. Suddenly,
Midas was free to live like a person who could touch his food,
drink and family members without bad results. He was freed from his
addiction to wealth. ---------------------------- My 77-year-span
unfolded before my eyes. I recorded all traumas in detail---a
million words, hundreds of pages. Slowly, I began to understand
that I was having a conversion experience.
-------------------------- I went from admiration and love of
pennies, nickels, dimes, riches, wealth---an addicted state of
mind---to the realization that I had a condition which I call
Buffett mania. As Buffett's biographer Schroeder wrote this year,
Buffett did not control money. Rather, money controlled Warren
Buffett. In Omaha, Buffett stole his sister's bicycle--because he
wanted a trade-in as he bought a bicycle for himself. He
shop-lifted golf balls at Sears in Washington so he could sell
balls himself. During my careers as chemical engineer and
stock-market analyst, I observed Buffett mania in my engineering
and business associates but overlooked my addiction. I still have
traces of this mental illness. Now I have decided to be a man---to
confront Warren Buffett with my book. Buffett's biographer
describes his mania in a new biography, The Snowball. American
preoccupation with economics played a part in Warren Buffett's
so-called success and so-called wealth.
----------------------------- There is an antidote to the poison of
addiction to greed---and that is this book, My Fourteen Lives. My
resilience, which saved my life 13 times, is nothing less than a
gift from God, who will also save Warren Buffett from his greed.
It's not just about my life and that of Warren Buffett because
500,000 other lives hang in the balance. Addiction to greed has
targeted many victims for a hellish life and death. Time for
repentance and redemption Time to give away your money, Mr.
Buffett. In your own lifetime. Do it yourself. As Carnegie did. As
Rockefeller did. As Morgan did. Time for everybody on "Wall Street"
to refuse the end-of-year bonus. Buy books instead. Buy The
Snowball: Warren Buffett and the business of life. $35 for 960
pages Buy My Fourteen Lives: the many lives of Matthew Valentin
Perry Give them as presents. Read them yourself. ( You never
know...)
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