How Wealth is Measured

"Self-actualizing people have the wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder, and even ecstacy, however stale these experiences may have become to others… Thus, for such a person, any sunset may be as beautiful as the first one, any flower may be of breath-taking loveliness, even after a million flowers have been seen." ~ Abraham Maslow

True wealth is not measured by monitary means; it is by the richness of one's perspective. Given a healthy perspective, the simple things in life—the small pleasures—are easy to obtain; what appears terrible is easy to endure; a life with few and small worries and wants is one of tranquility and contentment—one of peace—one of wealth.

That is all.

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Comments

[Andrew]

Confucius once said,"to have no expectations is to have everything"
We can get stuck in comparisons with what has happened previously or what may come, this sunset, flower is better than the other one, more money is better than what I have. We get stuck in our thoughts and detached from the moment, we become engrossed in thoughts of past and future, and get caught up in our expectations.
Easy to write not always to do?

[Steven of Chicago]

No amount of money or material wealth will ever satisfy a hungry heart.

[Kent Thune]

Comparison and categorization are aspects of human rationalization and pattern recognition. While these are natural processes, a self-aware person can recognize them, observe them and make a decision to accept them or reject them--to find contentment.

Thanks for the comments....

Kent

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A very beautiful quote. This just further proves that the best things in life are definitely free.

[Benjamin]

the picture looks so beautiful!like the feeling,the sky is blue.

[oliver]

Thank you for sharing this!This just further proves that the best things in life are definitely free.

[investment advisor jacksonville]

Thank you for giving this!This just further shows that the best items in lifestyle are definitely no cost.

[Ken]

In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, self actualization is the highest level among esteem, love or belonging/, safety, physiological (in chronological order). This theory is usually used in businesses such as http://www.millionaireproductreports.com/ or companies in motivating their people to be productive in their work.