Are You Wealthy?
Nature is a professor. A sage. A mystic. A prognosticator. A reflector of man. It’s fury gets our attention, bends and breaks faith, but in the end nature doesn’t really change. It’s a catalyst.
Man also has a nature that bends and breaks faith. A nature that by default is faulty, but still redeemable. A nature that is forever facing the tides that pull us under the current. A nature forever questioning position and repositioning ourselves to fit a society of superficiality, wealth, status and debasement when all we need to do is to value our own worth and character.
I am not saying that affluence is the root of all evil or that it doesn’t have its own rewards, which of course it does. Without affluence and philanthropy many charities would be out of business. Even the government gives us an incentive to be philanthropic by way of tax deductions.
Outer wealth is measured by numbers, a googol that is bandied about like status Ticker Tape. We have become quite familiar with three household names over the years that are mentioned so much that we think they are a part of our family.
Whenever the names, Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, or Oprah are so much as uttered, the phrase that automatically comes to our mind is, “They are rich.” In reality, we don’t know how wealthy they really are. We just think because they have money, they have everything, but they don’t. It behooves us not to keep measuring our worth against theirs.
Not only does it make us feel inadequate, envious, and literally worthless, but it’s counter productive to our own goals.
When Tony Robbins can charge $8,000 a head for a seminar to motivate us, then something is wrong with our sense of purpose. When Donald Trump or Robert Kiyosaki can get millions for speaking to us and telling us how they did it, it is nothing more than their individual experiences that were meant for them solely.
What they all neglect to tell us is that there is no formula, no magic, bullet, no genie in a lamp, nothing other than they were all fortunate to be aligned with their destiny. They seized their particular circumstances, unique only to them and within their karmic grasp.
To think that you can replicate their success is a misconception. When Donald Trump bought The Empire State building for one million dollars, no one else wanted it. It was in bad condition from years of neglect. He immediately had an opportunity to rehab it and bring it back to its former glory which added tremendously to his outer wealth. Many motivational speakers have similar stories.
The irony is that when a wealthy person falls, no one wants to know them anymore. When an elephant falls, even the frogs kick him.
So how do we build our own wealth? The true wealth of our spirit, heart and Soul is simply constructed by apprizing, not monetizing ourselves. We must invest in our dreams, our animus, our reason for being. We have to motivate ourselves to be active thinkers, believers and forerunners. Make getting up in the morning a breakfast of champions.
With the smallest of efforts, we can at least begin to tip the scale
of depth and perception and not be confetti that falls into a barren landscape of numbness. Why traverse through life with a soulless existence?
I have faith in man and its nature. It is a nature that in its most defiled consequences, cleans up well. A nature that governs our consciousness. A nature that although bends and cracks along the surface, does not really break altogether. It only looks that way on the outside.
Man is resilient and forever growing. If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we die. Not just physically, but mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
We have to embrace all that we are and embrace all that we live. Find value in everyday living. Tap the inner life waiting to spring forth. When we start to dig, we will soon hit a gusher that will splash us with wisdom, the fountain of truth and the secret to happiness.
We must disabuse the definition of what society calls wealthy and embrace real wealth. It’s in valuing ourselves that we reach our true wealth. And a wealthy Soul is priceless.
Stacy was a real bitch for the way she treated Brent. She deserved to get her ass fired!
Hello Alexys,
I agree with your comments on The Apprentice and Donald Trump. I have watched every season of the show and I am amazed at the stupid tasks that are set out for the contestants that have nothing to do with business. How Trump can pick anyone or even fire anyone is beyond me as they have not been given an opportunity to show any business acumen.
By and large the final apprentice is usually someone who has shown the least ability and is not someone I would ever have working for me. The last few apprentices, Kelly and Randall did not display anything other than weakness and the inability to make a decision, yet they won the competition. If Trump were that nice, his first apprentice Bill wouldn't be quitting.
Last season, Trump could have been a real man and allowed both Randall and Rebecca to go through as he wanted, but he asked Randall who said, "no." Why would a captain of industry allow someone who as yet does not work for him make that decision? Trump should have been a man and not hidden behind that stack of hair.
Trump comes across as shallow and clueless. It is apparent that he has built an empire by having a strong group of employees at the highest levels of his company. By himself, he would not be able to run a lemonade stand. The masses hail him as a god, but he is another false prophet.
I know quite a few people who have heard him speak at seminars. When it came to questions and answers he had no idea how to respond, instead he just picked out pretty women in the audience and made some very tasteless and chauvinistic comments. Trump is the one that needs to be fired!
Hey did you hear what Trump said yeserday? "If Ivanka wasn't my daughter, I would date her." How creepy is that?
The show is close to being cancelled, then our misery will be over.
Your boundless idealism pushes you to search for good in The Apprentice, but mine does not. I can't wait for the show to get the axe. :)
Steve,
I know.
Ayios,
Thanks for confriming what I already thought about Trump.
Michelle,
I heard that too.
Jim,
But then what will I have to write about?
Ariel,
From your lips to God's ears.