Good morning, folks! I am Jin with Morning Mindfulness Podcast. I hope you are doing great in your corner of the World! Let’s start new day with a deep breath and a smile!

How Much Is Enough? An ancient tale…

Once upon a time, a student came to the teacher and asked what was the source of wisdom. The teacher said, “Always do the best you can, take what’s available of what you want, don’t say YES or NO, study what can be studied and know the balance in everything. This should be enough to understand the rest.”

This is a foundation of the Middle Path the way I am trying to follow it. How do we know when enough is enough? I know, my border line has been changing for the past 30 years. And it keeps changing.

I know I cannot do it by myself. I need a role model, a teacher, a coach, a mentor. Somebody who’s in life where I want to be.

Let’s look at some areas.

Money. We don’t need them, trust me. We need what money can get for us. What is it? What do we want to have and why? Remember, we don’t pay for things with money. We pay with years of life that we or somebody else spends making that money.

So, what do I want to have? How bad do I want to have it? What will it take and what am I willing to give up for that? Finally, will it matter in 3 or 5 years from today?

On the other hand, I don’t think there’s a limit in learning. I love to learn. I plan to do it for as long as I can. Even though it takes time to learn, the return on investment is much higher. Of course if we learn something relevant.

I will be talking more about that.

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Now let’s breathe and smile. I will talk to you next time.

PEACE!
Jin

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