Thank you for asking this question. It caused me to pause and think.
I have had a desire for more money my entire life. It comes from a place of lack. I have this innate idea that I am lacking.
I can say confidently today that I don’t really care if I get a windfall of money, and that knowledge shakes me.
I’m OK. I’m completely fine. I have a job that gives me just enough money to live in circumstances that billions on Earth would envy. Billions more ancestors would be agog at my affluence. I have access to all the food I want at all times. I can turn on a tap and get fresh, clean water that won’t make me sick.
If I do get sick, I have the best medicine available at any time ever to get me better. My doctor is a good one. He listens to me.
I have friends. I have healthy social outlets. I am just now arranging a night at the museum to listen to a concert and putting together a group of friends to go with. This kind of thing brings me enormous joy.
I am not rich by any stretch of a 21st century American imagination, but I’m fine. I have little savings, but I have no reason to think I will lose my job, and I will have a good pension when I retire. I’m healthy.
Again, thank you. This question caused me to realize I’m fine. That’s a valuable realization for me. I often get sad, and it’s good to remember that I’m fine.