Very often, we are not satisfied with our wealth, and end up with a gloomy feeling that God has been unfair to us. What if I tell you that this feeling is not correct? If you are reading this blog, chances are that God has gifted you unbounded treasure of the world ! You are just underestimating the value of the precious gifts you have received.
You may laugh at this thought and say, "How can you say it without knowing my situation?"
We need a paradigm shift here. We tend to count as wealth only physical belongings like money, property, gold, bank balance etc. However, in doing so, we take for granted other possessions that are far more precious. Our eyes, our ears, our speech, our hands, our feet, and our brain.
As a simple illustration, imagine you have all the money in the world, but you lose your eyesight. You will obviously be very keen to get your eyesight back, whatever it takes. If you are told it will cost you a million dollars to restore it, will you not be willing to pay the amount? It shows clearly that you have a marvelous gift from God, the ability to see and experience the magnificent colorful beauty of this world, is it not a wealth that is worth much more than a million dollars?
Not only eyes, you can apply the same thought exercise for the other gifts we listed above, and you will reach the same conclusion. This is a big eye opener! Why are we unhappy with such an unbounded treasure with us? Is there any point in feeling miserable and unhappy when we are blessed to have such precious gifts?
Before I stop, listen to the song below from the movie Sunayana; the protagonist in this song says that his sole wish in life is to have his sweetheart see and enjoy the colorful beauty around.
