| spurgeonryan said: What could make things better in your life? Are you happy? What could you have done differently? Why? If you are Rich what did you do in life to accompish this? |
Hey, I am Rich. That is my name. As for wealth and so on. well, depends on what you mean, same with happiness.
I might as well jump in here and speak a bit. Observing my father, my life, and so on. Watching humanity, and the like, I then find that it seems there are some things of immense value, that people would give a lot for. These include love, contentment, peace, joy and a number of thinks I see Paul wrote about in I believe Galatians (fruit of the Spirit. Add also to this, what came up at a recent sermon at church on joy, that triggered my thinking on it.
Reality and the sum of the matter? These things people seek so hard to get, thinking wealth and so on bring about, aren't what do it. My observation is this: If you have no reason to be happy, be happy for no reason. In short, choose what to be, then dwell in it. This is internal. And the value of this state is inversely proportional to how little else you have in life. The one full of these internal blessings while having little on the outside, has internals that increase in value the less they have in real life. Not saying that one intentionally seeks poverty, but do not base your state of joy or happiness on your situation and external. For me, I value the insides a lot being better, and will dwell in this. All may go wrong, but no reason why not to see good and have joy and salvage whatever is good there. I will look to put to an end the striving to get more and think I will be happy from this. I will look to enjoy that which I have, as an outward reflection of inward peace and joy. And to obtain this, just be. I choose it, and so be it. It exists for no reason. Being needs on justification, because it is. And so will I be. Side effect is that I am understanding what may be the meaning behind some tough verses in the Bible to grasp to. Hey, maybe this is delusion. I am thinking of the story of the Acres of Diamond.
So, in light of this, who is really rich and who is poor?
