Inspiring messages from wealthy people about gratitude

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This was in my email this morning, this author is giving a talk at our local bookstore. I was considering going to the talk until I saw this video.

As I looked at where this woman lived and the lifestyle she's affords I found it really hard to take her seriously. I find it hard to garner sympathy for people's emotional/spiritual cheerleading when the only apparent challenge they face is being happy. Not having to figure out how you are going to pay your bills and eat, or wonder whether your car will get you to work again today and if it doesn't what will you do then?

A saint can't save a sinner, only another sinner can. A bodhisattva doesn't reach down to pull you up, a bodhisattva is right there with you in the trenches giving you a boost up.

I know money doesn't buy happiness, but it certainly eases a lot of misery. Maybe it's just me but she seems like another well-off white lady reminding us to be grateful for this moment. This picture perfect moment.