What is your focus?<\/p>\n
+++How much you’ve got?<\/p>\n
or<\/p>\n
+++How much you’ve got, to lose?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It can be said, that, when you lose everything, what you have left is all that really counts.<\/p>\n
Anyone faced with loss has to re-evaluate what may be more important.<\/p>\n
When things go “well”, and we get more, getting more inevitably becomes our focus.<\/p>\n
When things don’t go well, and we may lose it all, we are forced to focus on something else.<\/p>\n
Why can’t we think more about the simple, important things of life when it’s going well and we’re getting more?<\/p>\n
Could it be that the person who doesn’t have much stuff and doesn’t seem to “get ahead” and appears not so successful to others—could it be true that this person is actually better off?<\/p>\n
Does “content” with what you have, give a better measurement of life than the “contents” of your possessions?<\/p>\n
Do you sleep better with more things?<\/p>\n
Does the loss of your stuff, or the fear of loss, rob you of contentment and peace?<\/p>\n
“Lord, give me neither poverty nor riches.\u00a0 If I am poor, I may be tempted to steal.\u00a0 If I am rich, I may become self-sufficient and forget You.”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 —–His Book<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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