118 - "The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”
The Wealth of the Void: Why Your "Abundance" is Keeping You Spiritually Bankrupt Amara: Drowning in the gold she thought would save her. Amara sat in the center of her "success," and for the first time, she felt absolutely destitute. She was surrounded by the artifacts of a life she thought she wanted: gold-rimmed clocks that ticked away her peace, velvet curtains that muffled the real world, and a closet full of designer masks. By every standard of the modern world, Amara was rich. But as she looked into her own eyes, she saw a pauper. She was suffering from the Gold-Plated Hunger—the more she acquired, the thinner her soul became. She was missing her own life because she was too busy managing the "stuff" she owned. She realized a terrifying truth: Her abundance wasn't a reward; it was a distraction. She had forgotten the core tenant of the Code: happiness depends upon ourselves , not on the clutter of the external world. ...