Day 321 of wisdom
“Real riches are the riches possessed inside.”
B. C. Forbes
True riches are not in the possession of physical and material substances but in the things we possess within us. The love you share, the kindness you show, the sanity of your mind, are some of the evidence of the riches within you. As Matshona Dhliwayo said, "You are no richer than what you carry in your mind, no stronger than what you hold in your heart, and no purer than what you harbor in your soul." Whatever you have within you is the true revelation of the wealth that you possess.
If all you can boast of is your fat bank account, the cars in your garage, your estates, and store of food, you are not truly rich. If all you have are the things that money can get you, you are indeed poor. Poverty is not the lack of money, it is the lack of good relationships, lack of good friends, lack of love, care, happiness, peace, pleasure, and contentment. As Dhliwayo also said, "If you need money to be rich, you will always be poor." It is always better to be rich in love than to be wealthy in gold, because when gold finishes, love never dies.
The most treasured things in our lives are not the things we can see with our eyes, they are not the things we can touch with our hands, but they are the memories we have created with the people that are dear to us, they are the love we have shared, the kindness we have shown and received, the peace, happiness and joy we have experienced.
As Dr Salma Farook would say, "While wealth will be a capricious shadow to our lives, true riches lie in strength of character; that is infinitely harder to accumulate. It is the only gold that enhances our potential in terms of what we can offer the world." The strength of our character should be more valuable to us than the amount we can accumulate from whatever we do, we should be more concerned about building valuable character than accumulating physical wealth. Material wealth will give us temporary comfort, but good character will guarantee us a good life. In all as we race in the direction of our dreams we must seek knowledge, follow wisdom, and pursue understanding, for in them true wealth is achieved.
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John Kamikun
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