It is OK to Want More
I have heard from a lot of sources that wanting more, that wanting riches, is wrong. Why could wanting the best for yourself be a bad thing? Don’t we deserve it?
I think that most of this stems from the Bible and other great books. I am no scholar of the Bible but I can’t imagine that God or anyone else would want us to not have the best life that we could possibly lead. With all the great things that are on this planet why should we be forced to do without?
I think that we have gotten this bad image of rich people from the media and movies. The villain is always the rich person who will squash everyone and everything in their way to become richer. They live posh lives and never share their money. There may be one or two of these people around but they are certainly not prevalent. If you work hard for what you want and you get it you should enjoy it. I do think that we should all share, but how you do that is up to you.
I actually think that it is worse to be a person of without and expect a hand out from someone who has. There is no reason that anyone should be in this position. There is no reason that anyone should expect to have a handout. Sure we have all landed on bad times. We have all had our setbacks. That is life and that is what makes life great, but we should all be willing to work our way back to prosperity. There just is no reason that I can think of to give anyone who just sits around and waits for a handout anything.
But it is these people who think that they deserve something that are the loudest when it comes to the evils of money and wealth. It is the people who have little and thinks that everyone should be in the same position that moan and complain about those who are successful. I could go on but I would rather stay positive.
So on the positive side I say this to you. Don’t let anyone tell you that you don’t deserve something. You deserve to have your hard work pay off. You deserve to create your own prosperity. You deserve to set high goals, and have high standards, and get them. You deserve to be able to have enough to share with those who you feel are truly deserving. God knows there are a lot of people out there who are deserving of charity. It feels very good to be able to share some of your prosperity with those in need. It feels very good to share some of your prosperity with yourself. Go ahead and splurge on yourself you deserve it.
