The Calculation of Wealth

We all know that WEALTH is the accumulation of money and the more money one has acquired over one's lifetime, the more wealthy one will be when one FINALLY DIES...  which is the ENDGAME that all of us must face...  and we see this final solution more vividly the older we become...  resulting in finding ways to hold onto our wealth or having buildings named after us so that our lives will NO BE FORGOTTEN...  as the Scottish might have said once upon a time.

But, wealth can also be calculated in other ways as well:

• the wealth of being healthy
• the wealth of having what you can never purchase
• the wealth of being physically fit, skilled in many areas
• the wealth of never lying to yourself or others
• the wealth of being mindful through meditation
• the wealth of connecting to a cosmic consciousness
• the wealth of being artistically skillful
• the wealth of saving many "souls"
• the wealth of knowing you were "admired" and "respected" by many
• the wealth of one's religious belief and faith in God
• the wealth of having many "real" friends
• the wealth of children and grand children
• the wealth of having a love for mankind and animals
• the wealth of love and marrying one's "soul mate"

As AMERICANS in the TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY have a tendency to measure wealth through money and nothing else which is an unfortunate place to be, especially when one find oneself on one's deathbed knowing that shortly one will not exist and that one's money cannot be taken with one once that final breath of air is taken...

Can you imagine how empty and alone a person like that is going to be?