Isn’t it very easy to measure the lives of people on the basis of their tangible accumulations?
But what about the life of a person who didn’t follow the path of material accumulations, and rather focused on knowing himself and building his character? How do you measure his life?
Many a time, such a person, himself, is quite insecure about the choice he made. Did he make the right choice? How does he measure it?
Many times, he expresses his insecurity by denigrating the pursuit of wealth and the people who are in that pursuit. Such expressions are just meant to soothe his ego, which feels inferiority complex because of the quite obvious lack of material possessions. Rather, as I think about it, aren’t all attempts to criticize or denigrate others efforts to tackle our inferiority complex? Why would a person, who is fully secure and satisfied in himself, need to criticize another?
People who are pursuing money value money over a lot of things in life. And people who are focused on building character value character over money and many other things. The latter group is generally more proud of its path and looks down on the former group of people. There are only rare ones who follow their path while respecting the path of the others. There are only rare ones who maintain their security and satisfaction even in the absence of materialistic achievements. Probably, these are the people who reach the zenith of character building. Isn’t love the zenith of human character and potential? And isn’t love the most humble, caring for and serving others without making demands?