Parents who spoil their children out of 'love' should realize that they are performing acts of child abuse. Although there are no laws against such abuse--no man-made laws anyway--this spiritual mistreatment may result in as much long-term personal and social damage as the worst physical abuse.
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Adversity hath slain her thousand, but prosperity her ten thousand.
My definition of Fun Game is when everyone wins.
Behavior was better when cinemas were opulent.
To have affluence is to spread kingdom principles
...we steal with our eyes closed to the conditions in which the poor, who make our affluence possible, live. We covet what our neighbours have and want more of the same.
Influence creates affluence. Affluence does not create influence. Affluence makes you more of who you already are.
Everyone's life changes when they meet their Obi-Wan & their Yoda, or their Morpheus & their Oracle; those who help remove the veil.
Be selective in your battles...
When everything is available, nothing is ever enough.
Understand: I don't ever want to be equal to any other being. I always want to be greater...in all things, in all circumstances.
The reason why many people remain on the bottom is because they play to 'not lose', as opposed to playing to win at all costs.
No one is born with equality. We all come here with varying degrees of opportunities, qualities, strengths, weaknesses, IQ, etc.
I don't want to be around people who accept me as is, in my unrefined state of becoming. I consistently want people around me who push and encourage me to be my ultimate best, who bring out the inner diamonds. I want to be around those intellectual giants who extract the gold within me, those who force me to read, to attend classes, seminars, conferences, and who steep me in an environment of perpetual growth and upward mobility. Not trying to be funny, but I've learned that I simply cannot afford to invest too much time around mediocrity. It's contagious.
Greatness is in influence, and not necessarily in affluence. It is not achieved by being a 'paper millionaire', but by being a 'people millionaire'.