Dumbing Ground

Be-Do-Have

You want to be rich, don't you? That's what brought you here. Let me tell you this: It is much easier to be something IF you have a good idea what that actually is. Or, to put it another way: It is much easier to hit a clear target than one hidden in a fog. Are you in a fog or do you really know what it is to be rich?
How do you define or describe being rich? Is it 'having a lot of money'? Let's hope you are wiser than this. Not that having a lot of money is counter to being rich. I'm simply suggesting that 'having a lot of money' is not the essential quality of being rich.

Ok, let's try to define 'rich' by adding more to this idea of 'having a lot of money.' Let's say now that you have a lot of money, power, influence and to add to that, you are also a remarkably attractive person and personality. Are you now essentially rich? No, not necessarily. You can have all these things and still not experience being rich. At least not like what you are hoping the experience of 'being rich' is like.

The experience of being rich has to have some other unmentioned quality. Without this quality, you could have all the trappings of wealth - the money, influence, power, etc., etc. - and still not experience being rich. (That's why they're called 'trappings.') What is it? Do you know what it the essential ingredient of being rich?

I'll give you a hint: The essential 'ingredient' of being rich is already something you have within you, at least as a possibility. I'll give you another hint: You have very likely experienced it at one or more times in your life.

I'll give you another hint. You probably know who Bill Gates is. I recently read where his personal worth is over 40 billion U.S. dollars. Well, you could have all the material and financial wealth and influence and power of Bill Gates, but if you did not also have this other 'ingredient' you would not be rich.

I'll give you another hint: You don't really need ANY of Bill Gates' wealth in order to experience this other essential 'ingredient' for really being rich. Do you know what this other essential ingredient is? If not, then try asking yourself this question: What might still be lacking, if you had all the money, influence, power, fame, respect and prestige of a Bill Gates? (Not that Bill is missing this ingredient. For all I know, he has this 'ingredient' in great abundance.)

So, now do you know what is essential to experience being rich?

If you still don't know, let me ask you this: What is it that you would hope you would experience an abundance of, should you somehow come to have all the money that you could ever want, need or use?

I'll give you another hint: You don't really need even another dime to have this other essential 'ingredient'.

I'm guessing that by now you know what 'it' is. If so, then let me ask you another question: Why do you EVER deny yourself of it?

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