It's not "he who dies with the most toys wins." It's "he who has the most time to play with his toys and the most fun playing with them who wins." In other words: all work and no play means a life of all ego and no spirit.
True success is not about making lots of moola so we can get ourself expensive toys for our ego—nor is it about getting yourself a cute, sexy person for our ego. True success is about satisfying your spirit with spirit things. For instance, our ego looks at a cute, sexy person and says, "Yum, yum. I want that person." But our spirit is smarter. It looks at loving, joyous couples and thinks, "Mmmm, I want that joy, that happiness, that love."Our spirit wisely knows: it's not a mate's superficial qualities that ultimately make you happy, but the dynamic this mate and you have together—and the blissful feelings this mate can give us in our true (and eagle) heart.
Which reminds me of a lesson I've learned reading The Little Prince: "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is most important is invisible to the eye." And with this in mind—and in heart—we decide to let this wise spirit of ours do all our life shopping.And with this in mind—and heart—we also decide: next time a paramour's not gonzo, then we're gone-zo.
Because we now know: a paramour without love is merely an empty container. And who wants an empty container? The container is not the sustainer.
We must not confuse the bottle for the juice. The bottle might satisfy your ego, but only the juice can feed your heart.
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