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| Fulfillment is not found in the number of crowns you have won |
The rich man's
servants went to work immediately. They searched far and near and after many
days found a truly contented man in the remotest part of the land. He was
living alone in a grass-thatched hut, with barely enough to eat, yet he was so
at peace with himself and the world.
When the servants returned and said they had found the man, the sick man's eyes lit up with hope as he asked for the shirt. "Sir," his servants said, "the contented man was shirtless. He has no shirt!
The notion in the modern times is that happiness and contentment come from riches. Unfortunately, the word rich is not understood and appreciated in its entirety but is reduced to material possessions. But as several life stories have proved, rarely do such riches help in the hour of need.
It is not bad in itself to want to have so much but often in the process of accumulation some lie, defraud and trample on others. Greed has them wrapped around its bitty little finger like a foolish man in the arms of a seductress.
I recently read an interview in which Arua Municipality MP Gabriel Ajedra said he used to have deep attachment to things until he realised the vanity of it after he lost his wife: "I now value my relationship with people more than anything. Wealth is nothing. We covet and clamour for so much, then we get it only to leave it behind."
He was right. In the end you will need only a 4-by-6 portion of land on which you will be buried!
A contented man is a truly liberated man because he won't lick boots or get easily manipulated like some of our MPs who at a simple price are driven like a dog on a leash to vote a certain way or pass fake bills in shameless betrayal of their country.
Let us learn to be content even in easy circumstances like the shirtless man in the story and you will have richness of heart; inner peace, joy and quiet confidence which make living worthwhile.
When the servants returned and said they had found the man, the sick man's eyes lit up with hope as he asked for the shirt. "Sir," his servants said, "the contented man was shirtless. He has no shirt!
The notion in the modern times is that happiness and contentment come from riches. Unfortunately, the word rich is not understood and appreciated in its entirety but is reduced to material possessions. But as several life stories have proved, rarely do such riches help in the hour of need.
It is not bad in itself to want to have so much but often in the process of accumulation some lie, defraud and trample on others. Greed has them wrapped around its bitty little finger like a foolish man in the arms of a seductress.
I recently read an interview in which Arua Municipality MP Gabriel Ajedra said he used to have deep attachment to things until he realised the vanity of it after he lost his wife: "I now value my relationship with people more than anything. Wealth is nothing. We covet and clamour for so much, then we get it only to leave it behind."
He was right. In the end you will need only a 4-by-6 portion of land on which you will be buried!
A contented man is a truly liberated man because he won't lick boots or get easily manipulated like some of our MPs who at a simple price are driven like a dog on a leash to vote a certain way or pass fake bills in shameless betrayal of their country.
Let us learn to be content even in easy circumstances like the shirtless man in the story and you will have richness of heart; inner peace, joy and quiet confidence which make living worthwhile.
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