Friday, July 1, 2016

"All I want is everything,
Yes everything too much is not enough,
I'm sick of settling for in between,
And I'm not givin' up,
As long as it feels right,
At least we know that we're alive."
- From the song 'All I Want Is Everything' by Victoria Justice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0grukU7L2HU


“Be thankful for what you have. Your life, no matter how bad you think it is, is someone else's fairy tale.”
― Wale Ayeni
“So much in life depends on our attitude. The way we choose to see things and respond to others makes all the difference. To do the best we can and then to choose to be happy about our circumstances, whatever they may be, can bring peace and contentment.”
― Thomas S. Monson

“Real poverty is when hunger pangs force from my mind all thoughts but those of food. Real poverty is when the children are not dressed warmly enough for winter. Real poverty is when the housing we can afford is not adequate to the needs of our families. On the other hand, real poverty is - equally - when I have eaten so much that I am uncomfortable, and again, my thoughts center on food. Or when I have so many clothes that I have to spend a lot of mental energy making choices among them or finding ways to store them. Or when, regardless of my living conditions, I am discontent and brooding about how to have more. Real poverty is when material things are uppermost and pressing - whether because we have too few or too many of them. It is poverty, because the human mind and spirit are made for higher things, worthier pursuits.”
― Maxine Hancock, Living on Less and Liking It More: How to Reduce Your Spending and Increase Your Living

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Many may ask: If a person is poor (does not have much possessions or wealth), is it okay to be greedy / go after more without much thought of contentment? What is your answer?

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

From the song 'Love Don't Cost A Thing' by Jennifer Lopez:

All that matters is
That you treat me right,
Give me all the things I need
That money can't buy, yeah.

Think you gotta keep me iced, you don't,
Think I'm gonna spend your cash, I won't,
Even if you were broke,
My love don't cost a thing.

Think I wanna drive your Benz, I don't,
If I wanna floss I got my own,
Even if you were broke,
My love don't cost a thing.

When I took a chance, thought you'd understand,
Baby, credit cards aren't romance,
So you're trying to buy what's already yours,
What I need from you is not available in stores.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kGvlESGvbs



“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”
― Plato
“Contentment is the only real wealth.”
― Albert Nobel
“We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.”
― Immanuel Kant
“The one who finds contentment is truly rich.”
― Dillon Burroughs, Hunger No More: A 1-Year Devotional Journey Through the Psalms 

“He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.”
― Socrates

“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
― Epictetus

"The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment."
- Doug Larson
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Some believe wealth is contentment with what you have. What is your definition of wealth?

Monday, June 27, 2016

"Everytime you think you got it bad,
You can find someone who's got it worse,
All the things you take for granted now,
They started out as blessings first."
- From the song 'Be Grateful' by The Farm Inc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoUVODtrVKU



“I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.”
― John Stuart Mill

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”
- Epicurus
“One of the Enemy's most effective strategies is to get you to focus on what you don't have, what you used to have, or what someone else has that you wish you had. He does this to keep you from looking around and asking, 'God, what can You do through what I have?'
― Steven Furtick, Greater: Dream Bigger. Start Smaller. Ignite God's Vision for Your Life

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Others may use your desire for more against you. Do not let them! Be grateful for what you have.