In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
People want more and more leisure time, which means the freedom to do what they want to do, not what they have to do, and as we get richer and richer, more and more people will be able to afford that.
People naturally long for a bit of the wealth that is whorling all around them, and if the work and education available to them won't get them closer to the comforts that they see others enjoying, the temptation to take shortcuts can be fierce.
Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport.
Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.
The person who does not know how to live while they are making a living is a poorer person after their wealth is won than when they started.
People want riches; they need fulfillment.
Most of us have considerable prosperity in our lives. Often, we are so busy pursuing our unmet desires that we are unable to enjoy all that we already have. Allowing ourselves to really appreciate the prosperity we have created is a big step toward opening to even greater fulfillment.
Work is toil: what one does only to earn a living. If it gives pleasure, it is leisure.
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