wealthy - adjective - having a great deal of money, resources, assets; rich.
fortunate - adjective - favored by or involving good luck, fortunate; lucky.
blessed - adjective - feeling lucky to have health, fame, fortune, talent.
Happy New Year to my few, but quality readers!
Stepping into a new year often includes taking along with you a few adjectives pertaining to how you feel about who you are. Hopefully, the descriptors are positive as opposed to negative. You always want to begin on the right foot. Right?
As some of you know, I have a friend–a psychotherapist, in L.A.–where I am planning to move this spring. Because he cares (I hope so, anyway), he is constantly preparing me for the environmental changes indicative of Los Angeles that I might not be aware of, most of which I am. Sometimes I think that he thinks I live in the state of Naivety rather than New Jersey, too close to the pavements of New York City to be as green as grass, but he means well. He commented that as wealthy as I might consider myself on the East Coast, my monetary status pales in comparison to the riches pretentiously displayed in L.A. I retorted that many of those Lost Angels may have a lot in terms of money, resources, assets, what have you, but little in the way of actual wealth, wealth of character, spirit–the kind that can't be minted or grown on trees. He agreed. I told him that I am in a different category in that I'm under the Fortunate-To-Be-Blessed nomenclature. My angels are not lost as they always seem to be working overtime to keep my head above water unlike many other heads today who are genuinely struggling to keep from drowning.
The conversation progressed into a discussion of socialism versus capitalism, uneven, controversial ground. What we both agreed upon is the idea that the billionaires need to remove their heads from the sawdust long enough to see that our country is becoming a land of severe monetary contrasts: the have's and have-not's are in juxtaposition to each other, and it is wrong. Rather than writing checks, these wealthy types (who tend to be miserable in their selfishness) need to spend some time on the other side of the tracks. Only after they acknowledge the disparities can they make any differences so that no one needs to suffer unnecessarily. The churches and civic organizations, funded by the wealthy, are doing what they can do, but everyone must get involved.
Okay, I'm getting a bit preachy here. I know. But I think we can all embrace a mutual New Year's resolution to spend a little more time doing our share for others. If nothing else, the effect of the cause may be feeling blessed, which is a prime adjective to describe you. One that you can be proud of.
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