Many people have great wealth, but they are deeply unhappy. You know they have a lot of things, but they feel like they’re missing something?Something they can’t buy and that’s very important: a reason to be and have.
Money is vital for survival, as is clothing, shelter or daily food; money gives us the conditions to live a decent and healthy life.
- This is the great paradox; money is essential and.
- At the same time.
- Impoverishes existence if we value it too much.
- It is not easy to overcome this contradiction in everyday life.
“I carry in me a suffocating weight: the weight of wealth that has not been given to others. “
-Rabindranath Tagore-
It will be a great victory to find balance. In fact, a great achievement, in many ways, mainly in terms of professional success.
According to the 2013 Global Wealth Report, prepared by the Suisse Credit Research Institute, 10% of people own 86% of the world’s wealth. Is this certainly a value to reflect on?
Apparently, there are many people in the world who accumulate much more than they need, while others suffer the rigors of extreme poverty.
When we value wealth, as in many cases, we become a commodity, people and play a game of an unfair economic system (mainly in terms of equity). We started to see everything in terms of benefits and others as if they were “property. “
Because of this logic of maximum profit and minimal investment, even love, in some cases, has become for some people a product bought and sold.
Unsurprisingly, revealing that some women are getting married to ensure their economic security, they don’t really need a man by their side, but a checkbook, today many men do the same.
Those who have a lot to lose also have a lot to fear. Therefore, the lives of the richest can be very painful, wealth must be taken care of, preserved, given more and more, this becomes an end in itself and as goods grow, important aspects of life are emptied.
There are many examples of unhappy rich people. Some commit suicide because they don’t know if they’re loved, if the people around them are true friends, or if they’re interested in your favors.
When you only take care of your belongings, you don’t have time to enjoy life; Do you forget that a lot of important things in life are free?
In fact, it’s not all money and it’s all priceless, usually the ones with the most want more. This becomes a vicious circle, like the myth of Sisyphus, or endless tasks.
Money is not a negative thing, the problem is how we use it. Money is necessary to live, but don’t give up on who you are or what you want to become.
We are who we are, not what we have, many people know how to make money, but forget to give a hug, a kiss, say thanks or sorry, enjoy the simple things of life, everything that happens without calculations or predictions.
In fact, great human virtues are born of necessity. Behind every scientific invention, every great creation, every admirable achievement, there is a need that inspired it. They say that “man is God when he dreams and slaves when he says. “
Whoever lives for money doesn’t dream, he calculates. The great difficulty is when life forces you to face a situation for which no money is needed: face death, laugh, love and be happy with the happiness of a loved one.
Wealth is in you and not in your assets. They can take everything you’ve got, but they’ll never take away what you are. If you’re more than your money, you can always start over. That’s why they say that “the one who has the most is the one who needs it the least. “