What makes you feel wealthy?
Posted on Jun 11th, 2008
by 
Scott
Scott
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for June 07, 2008:
I suffer from the typical American disease of living in overwhelming abundance, but somehow feeling like I'm not. I think I suffer from it less than many other people around me do (especially the ones who watch HGTV and home improvement shows all day every day), but it's there.
What makes me get that idea out of my head, though, is to realize that I have everything I need. And I do. The couple of things that I want right now are just that -- I want them, I think it would be nice to have them, but I don't need them. I have plenty of money for food, for having a lovely place to live, for gasoline, I already have the entertainment devices I want... I'm doing fine.
Andrew Cohen points out that almost everyone in America lives better than royalty did a few hundred years ago. We're relatively healthy, we have clean running water, electricity, entertainment, shelter, food, etc. It's only through realizing the abundance all around us that we can stop feeling like we need more.
The other answer I'll give is the answer that Tony Robbins gives to how to stop feeling depressed: be grateful. Spend a moment and think of how grateful you are for your loved ones, for your friends, for your job, for your house, for the food you eat, for the people who work at the stores you shop in, etc. It's an embarrassment of riches, so overwhelming that I hardly feel like I deserve it.
What makes me get that idea out of my head, though, is to realize that I have everything I need. And I do. The couple of things that I want right now are just that -- I want them, I think it would be nice to have them, but I don't need them. I have plenty of money for food, for having a lovely place to live, for gasoline, I already have the entertainment devices I want... I'm doing fine.
Andrew Cohen points out that almost everyone in America lives better than royalty did a few hundred years ago. We're relatively healthy, we have clean running water, electricity, entertainment, shelter, food, etc. It's only through realizing the abundance all around us that we can stop feeling like we need more.
The other answer I'll give is the answer that Tony Robbins gives to how to stop feeling depressed: be grateful. Spend a moment and think of how grateful you are for your loved ones, for your friends, for your job, for your house, for the food you eat, for the people who work at the stores you shop in, etc. It's an embarrassment of riches, so overwhelming that I hardly feel like I deserve it.
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