ARE YOU A CONTEST FAN? - part 2

Articles In This Section:

· HOW RICH IS RICH? - part 1

· HOW RICH IS RICH? - part 2

· AN INVISIBLE PRICE TAG - part 1

· AN INVISIBLE PRICE TAG - part 2

· AN INVISIBLE PRICE TAG - part 3

· AN INVISIBLE PRICE TAG - part 4

· GAINING AN AWARENESS OF RICHES! - part 1

· GAINING AN AWARENESS OF RICHES! - part 2

· ARE YOU A CONTEST FAN? - part 1

· ARE YOU A CONTEST FAN? - part 2

· AVOID LOSING CONTRASTS

· SELF-PITY - part 1

· SELF-PITY - part 2

· SELF-PITY - part 3

If you have an excruciating pain, don't you feel terrific when it is gone? You appreciate the value of being well in contrast to being in pain.

When you are subjected to discordant sounds and loud noises, doesn't the atmosphere seem pleasantly quiet when they cease?

There are many, many other contrasts: Hunger vs. being well fed; pleasant surroundings vs. unpleasant surroundings; happiness vs. unhappiness; rich vs. being poor, etc.

One day I had lunch with a man who was a member of a very rich family. During our conversation I told him of some of the hardships I experienced in early life; how I had gone hungry for days at a time for lack of money with which to buy food. I told him of the days I would awaken in the morning without any idea as to where I would sleep that night.

"I envy you," this man remarked. "I've never known what it was like to live in a home without a retinue of servants. There have always been from four to six cars in the family. My wardrobe is large. I have traveled over most of the world.

"I envy your years of poverty because you can fully appreciate what you have now," he continued.

This man was sincere. He meant every word he said. In other words, he does not enjoy what he has because he has never known anything else.

As soon as there cease to be contrasts in your life, your existence becomes boring.