There are many things we can’t do,
There are great places we will always see on the internet,
There are some foods we may handle only in writing and imagination,
And talk about lifestyle…
Can the world allow all of us to afford a fortnight in Acapulco or the Maldives?
What about a month on the East African Coast?
And talk of the cars…
Do you even drive?
Aren’t you being towed here and there on a commuter bus?
And that remains the story of life’s great things.
What about life’s best things?
Unquestionable reputation…
A well-ordered, simple life with no cravings for artificiality…
A pious and consistent life…
A good, bubbly, and healthy life…
The gift of being in a family, even if it’s dysfunctional…
Being in your right mind…
Commanding the attention and respect of reliable and productive friends…
Having strength for today and a bright hope tomorrow…
Everyone can afford them,
And this is the balance of life,
We may not all be able to afford great things, But we all can afford life’s best things.
So, don’t confuse them,
Life’s great things and life’s best things,
For many sacrifice life’s best things,
As they work themselves to achieve life’s great things,
And realize they have it but have traded away life’s best things,
It would be enviable to have them both,
But if only one is possible,
I’ll choose life’s best things.
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Life’s best things—simplicity, honesty, truthfulness, purity, unsullied integrity—are not to be bought or sold. They are free to the illiterate as to the educated, to the white man as to the black man, to the poor man as to the king upon his throne…. TMK 85.4
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To all that wait on the giver
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Amen. Wait I say, on tHe Lord’
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Where do you source such ideas.. this is so accurate …
The wisdom.. 💯
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Wonderful thi s is encouraging.We may not all be able to afford great things, But we all can afford life’s best things.
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Life’s best things
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The good book 📙, There is nothing we need to learn that is not written in the good book
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Not to mention that the best things come as affordable as the air we take in…
A trip to Maldives would be good but that to Heaven is the best
So profound 💯
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Powerful and profound
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Couldn’t imagine I would find you here😂
Insightful and thought provoking📌
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Life’s best things are priceless & available to all & sundry. The choice lies with us.
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But we struggle for those that are elusive
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Aaah! Wisdom.
And that’s how we know happiness is not a destination. I have re-learned this.
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May you find it in the fountain that shall never run dry
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Word!🔥🔥👌
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Amen
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