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True Riches

Prompt by Lyn: "Riches are not from an abundance of worldly goods, but from a contented mind."~ unknown
Your thoughts, agree or disagree? What do you think is a contented mind?

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I am guessing that when you are young, you are less contented, and when you mature, which doesn’t mean getting old in years necessarily, you understand more and appreciate more and therefore your adjustment to life has more contentment in it.

Abundance of worldly goods, what we own, the quality of our abodes, clothing, food, fame etc. counts for nothing compared to the abundance that is freely given to be shared by all of us. I think what we think we own we don’t because after we die, we don’t even own our bodies.

Life is full of riches as it is whether you hold ownership to specific things or not.

Look at the people around you, the variety of us, isn’t it rich? Look at nature, stars, universe, moonbeams, kittens and other animals, trees, flowers, plants, ocean, waterfalls…Look at people who can love, those who love everybody, those who are generous, forgiving, full of good wishes…If this isn’t abundance, I don’t know what is.

Incidentally, this saying is attributed to Prophet Mohammed. It is called a Hadith in Islam.