I receive a short newsletter each month from the Edward Jones investment house, and a word of wisdom they shared this month on making quality investments caught my attention.

An adviser wrote: “Quality investments are like tennis balls: They are more likely to bounce back after a correction. Speculative investments are like eggs: When they drop, they just make a mess.”

I certainly can relate to making an investment that drops like an egg! Haven’t made too many of those over the years, for I’m generally a fast learner on that score! But have had one or two purchases in the past I wished I’d never made.

I extended the warning above to “metaphysical investments” we make everyday. Whenever we commit our thought to a certain pattern of thinking or round of logic, according to the soundness of the wisdom we adhere to will be the outcome of our mental investment.

If we put our hopes in temporal things, someday, those things are going to disappear. The mental investment we made over the years in that temporal thing is going to drop like an egg. Splat! All gone!

If we put our hopes in Spirit, then we make mental investments that never fail us. The power we trust, God, will always be there for us no matter what. Even when faced with severe trial, the trial will eventually pass, and God is ever the same—still present. The “ball of life” bounces back and stays in play.

So, if you’re into making investments that endure for the long haul, make quality investments—spiritual investments you can count on retaining their value forever! And there’s no better time to build your portfolio than now.