What Is Richness

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Aug28 What is richness? “If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can’t buy” What does being rich mean? Is it to be wealthy, well off, affluent, well to do, abundant in money, prosperous? Or has it a deeper meaning, perhaps? Is it an exterior thing – if you have money, and expensive things, you are therefore rich? Or, is it something inside of you? – Love, happiness, joy, contentment, peace? I looked up the word “rich” in the Oxford dictionary, and it came up with 10 different meanings. But I was shocked to find that not one of those meanings matched up to my idea of “Richness” even slightly. They were all material things – “wealthy, having riches, valuable, costly” I believe richness depends on what really matters – Who you are inside. How you feel, what you say, what you do, what you believe, what you love, what you hate. In the end, material richness does not make someone a happier, or better person. Worse than that, it can create selfishness or greed. I am in constant fear of becoming selfish or greedy. Because what really matters to me is inner richness. And I get that when I am not selfish or greedy with my material riches. It makes me so angry to see rich people like Bill Gates, sheltering their money. Think of all the poverty-stricken lives they could save if they gave what they didn’t need away! If the richest 1/5 of the world gave 0.2% of their wealth to the poor, we would solve world hunger. But its not just the rich – the entire world is becoming greedier and greedier with material things. The primary causes of war are countries that have enough, wanting more land, more power, and more money. Billions of people have died because of this greed. The bible says, “The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil”. More money is spent annually on cosmetics, than on world poverty. Cosmetics! Do we love our
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