mom's prayer

My mother had a special prayer for her children.

She prayed that they would not be so beautiful as to call attention to themselves and not so homely that they would either.

Mom’s prayer was wonderfully answered!

The ancient wise guy (King Solomon) said it another way: “Give me neither poverty nor wealth.” Proverbs 30:8. Another chap (Lao Tzu) added: “He who knows he has enough is rich.”

I picked up that idea as a child, though that paragraph is indebted to Duane Elgin. I have been reading Elgin for years. He seems to put the whole philosophy into practice.

Not so rich as to be distracted and not so poor as to be distraught.