Here I will mention three things that I love. Chinese food, Japanese food, and fortune cookies. I sometimes go to the Chinese Buffet with sushi bar, and after enjoying the food, mainly the sushi, which I eat the most of, I look forward to the fortune cookie you get at the end. Sometimes they are amusing or interesting when they predict something that really has occurred to you (which is coincidence of course), or which does apply to your life, personality, or goals, etc. But the reason why I enjoy fortune cookies is because sometimes they give me ideas for concepts to ponder, develop, and write about. That is why I often save my tiny paper fortunes, because they inspire ideas like the one you are about to read.
One night I had gone out for sushi. My name is Ron and I am a sushiholic. I just can't get enough ot it. But enough about that. This entry is about philosophy, not sushi. And this philosophy I am about to discuss was inspired by a profound statement that came out of a simple fortune cookie. So I opened my fortune cookie and what did it say? It said, "Wealth belongs to those who create it."
Of course it does. That's why the wealthy get wealthier and the poor stay poor. Like Micheal Corleone said in Godfather 2, "This contempt for money is just another trick of the rich to keep the poor without."
But is wealth only about money? One can have a wealth of knowledge, of imagination, of creativity, of memories, of love, of friends. There are those who give of themselves to others selflessly; who have a wealth of kindness and com passions, a wealth donated in abundance. There are those who have a wealth of joy and inner peace. All of the above have wealth in life, and wealth in soul.
May you create such wealth. In every day. In every way.
One night I had gone out for sushi. My name is Ron and I am a sushiholic. I just can't get enough ot it. But enough about that. This entry is about philosophy, not sushi. And this philosophy I am about to discuss was inspired by a profound statement that came out of a simple fortune cookie. So I opened my fortune cookie and what did it say? It said, "Wealth belongs to those who create it."
Of course it does. That's why the wealthy get wealthier and the poor stay poor. Like Micheal Corleone said in Godfather 2, "This contempt for money is just another trick of the rich to keep the poor without."
But is wealth only about money? One can have a wealth of knowledge, of imagination, of creativity, of memories, of love, of friends. There are those who give of themselves to others selflessly; who have a wealth of kindness and com passions, a wealth donated in abundance. There are those who have a wealth of joy and inner peace. All of the above have wealth in life, and wealth in soul.
May you create such wealth. In every day. In every way.
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