According to Stats Can my family is in the top 1% of the world. Wow. We are not wealthy, yet we are the richest in the world! It really makes me stop and think about how truly blessed I am. I have food. I have a roof. I have clothes. I have all sorts of possessions, some paid for and some I will be paying for over the next few years. Is it stuff that makes us rich, or cash in the bank?
I think neither. I truly believe that it is the family and friends we surround ourselves with that make us rich.
To be loved, and have someone to love in return makes us rich.
Don’t get me wrong, stuff and money are both nice, but what is the point if you can not share it with someone you love?
I think that it is easy to lose sight of how rich we are when we become adults and stuff takes too much importance in our life.
Children: They love life for all it is worth. They are happy to play with cardboard boxes, rocks, water in a cup, anything at all. They do not need the newest TV, car, stereo equipment. They don’t need to golf on expensive courses, or wear fancy clothes. Children are happy playing outside, in nature, wearing whatever they have on or nothing at all!
Why do we feed into it? Why has the world become a place where not only do we need the best toys and clothes for ourselves, but we are literally forcing it onto our children as well? Why teach our children that style and how they look is important? Why do we tell our children that they are “cute” instead of “nice, intelligent, caring, and thoughtful”? Why do we take the things that are most important in the world, disregard them, and replace them with adorably expensive outfits, and material objects? WHY?
By doing this with our children are we creating a world that is image based, or simply preparing our children for the reality of the future?
So many questions in my head about this… What is the best way to prepare our children for the world ahead?
Here are the lyrics to one of my favourite songs…It has a great tune, and the lyrics always make me feel so blessed with what I have. They really bring me down to earth and remind me how amazing this life truly is.
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All I Really Need
All I really need is a song in my heart
Food in my belly and love in my family
All I really need is a song in my heart
And love in my family
And I need the rain to fall
And I need the sun to shine
To give life to the seeds we sow
To give the food we need to grow
All I really need is a song in my heart
And love in my family
And I need some clean water for drinking;
And I need some clean air for breathing;
So that I can grow up strong
And take my place where I belong
All I really need is a song in my heart
And love in my family
Lyrics by Raffi, 1980
So I googled “all I really need” to try and find these lyrics, and this also popped up.
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http://www.peace.ca/kindergarten.htm it’s the link to “All I really need to know I learned in Kindergarden”. Check it out. It’s pretty cool…
Ok. I feel better now.
For the next week, I am going to focus on “keeping it real”. Remembering how amazing my family and friends are, and how much I have.
I have food in my belly and love in my family…what else could I possibly need?
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