Reflecting on this subject, the words of St Augustine of Hippo came to mind, closely related: “The poor person is not the one who has the least, but the one who needs the most to be happy”. Leaving aside the design of the word?Rico ?, as a person who has a lot of money, the affirmation of the title has to do with the joy that this saint has spoken of for several centuries.
In fact, this happiness comes from other places that have little or nothing to do with the possession of a piece, because what enriches us has no material value, but emotional and physiological.
- With regard to what has been said a few lines above.
- It should be noted that we live in a world full of things that can be considered consumables: advertising and new technologies sometimes make us believe that everything revolves around the possession of material objects that may be able to make us happier.
“We are educated to be producers and consumers, not to be free men. -José Luus Sampedro-
However, this is not true: we are no happier than our parents for having a next-generation mobile phone, two cars and three computers at home, we can live a more comfortable life, but consuming things like these does not. fill us up like people.
When my sister said she needed to buy new clothes, with closets full of clothes to wear, I wondered how much our needs fooled us: we tend to give importance to what we don’t have and forget what matters.
What these examples show is the proximity of prayer at first, so much so that it seems surprising that it was formulated in the Middle Ages, however, this is because thousands of times we repeat the idea it conveys: “Do you really need this?”This is a question we can ask ourselves in many situations.
As we said, we have so many things that we sometimes forget about those without which we could not live: good physical and mental health, the opportunity to have personal relationships that satisfy us, as friends who will always be there, or the opportunity to have an amazing family.
“Success is getting what you want. Happiness, enjoying what you get?”- Waldo Emerson-
All this cannot be bought with all the gold in the world, so, paradoxically, all this can make us rich in happiness: no one will feel better than the one who conquers cancer, overcomes depression or finds in their partner the best support. and a sincere hug for example.
Certainly, on many occasions we are frustrated because we did not achieve the goals we had set ourselves or because we did not have what we wanted with us; in fact, we feel we need more because we settle less for what we have.
It is true that it is beneficial to set goals to be achieved, because non-compliance is synonymous with stagnation, however, we must consider that happiness comes when we enjoy it.
Desires do not bring happiness, they only adorn it: it is very rich to learn to feel complete with what we have achieved or with what we have given, so that we can fully receive what comes to us for free and without asking.
“Happiness is not found, it comes to you at the right time. -John F. Bisner
In short, what comes to you for free and without any material value is what can make you really rich. Money will comfort us, but what moves our emotions is what makes sense to us.