How I Became Wealthy Beyond My Wildest Dreams

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being fancy or expensive.</p><h2 id="6f7a">I wanted that apartment for two reasons:</h2><p id="44b4">One was because I love nature, so I wanted a garden, but I have had a garden everywhere I’ve lived since I was 16. Some of my gardens, like the ones in New York, were huge. The garden I had at my last apartment was small, which was fine because it still had everything I needed. A table to sit at and room to plant flowers and herbs are the primary things I was seeking when I sold my house and began living in an apartment.</p><p id="5ea7">The second, and most important reason, was that I wanted to live close to where my family lives. I wanted the joy of knowing my grandchildren have keys to my front door and they can stop by whenever they like. I wanted the coziness of my daughter being able to pop in for a cup of coffee or drop by in the evening to sit at my kitchen table, telling me her struggles and her joys. I wanted the sense of security that comes with having my family close by when I need them to help me if I get sick or can’t open a jar.</p><p id="29a0">I have those things now. My grandchildren spent the afternoon with me and had dinner here because mo

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m was going holiday shopping. When she got back, the kids went upstairs, and she and I sat at the table for a while, talking about how well the kids are doing and making plans for the coming days. When I was sick last week and couldn’t take my dog out for nearly a week, it wasn’t a heavy lift to have my family stop by and give her a walk a few times a day.</p><p id="39d6">Christmas is coming in the next few days, a time when our family typically exchanges gifts. I’ve been a bit of a problem this year because when asked what presents I want, I’ve been unable to come up with much. A larger bowl than I already have or a pair of earmuffs have been all I could come up with because I already have everything I want or need. I always believed that being “wealthy” meant you have everything you could possibly want. By that measure, I am rich beyond compare.</p><h2 id="6ffa">There are two secrets to getting to such a blissful life.</h2><p id="324f">The first secret is that the best way to have everything you want is only to want those things you have.</p><p id="45d8"><b>The second secret is to realize that the best things in life aren’t things.</b></p></article></body>

Looking back at 68 over a life filled with a high ROI

When I meditate, I use imagery that I can close my eyes and see as if on a screen in front of me. For example, I imagine a forest, a garden, or a room in my home filled with music and people smiling. For several years, I used to imagine living in a specific apartment, one that I could see from my daughter’s balcony. The apartment was on the ground floor and had a garden.

I live in that apartment now, and that garden is mine.

My desire for what is now my home had nothing to do with it being fancy or expensive.

I wanted that apartment for two reasons:

One was because I love nature, so I wanted a garden, but I have had a garden everywhere I’ve lived since I was 16. Some of my gardens, like the ones in New York, were huge. The garden I had at my last apartment was small, which was fine because it still had everything I needed. A table to sit at and room to plant flowers and herbs are the primary things I was seeking when I sold my house and began living in an apartment.

The second, and most important reason, was that I wanted to live close to where my family lives. I wanted the joy of knowing my grandchildren have keys to my front door and they can stop by whenever they like. I wanted the coziness of my daughter being able to pop in for a cup of coffee or drop by in the evening to sit at my kitchen table, telling me her struggles and her joys. I wanted the sense of security that comes with having my family close by when I need them to help me if I get sick or can’t open a jar.

I have those things now. My grandchildren spent the afternoon with me and had dinner here because mom was going holiday shopping. When she got back, the kids went upstairs, and she and I sat at the table for a while, talking about how well the kids are doing and making plans for the coming days. When I was sick last week and couldn’t take my dog out for nearly a week, it wasn’t a heavy lift to have my family stop by and give her a walk a few times a day.

Christmas is coming in the next few days, a time when our family typically exchanges gifts. I’ve been a bit of a problem this year because when asked what presents I want, I’ve been unable to come up with much. A larger bowl than I already have or a pair of earmuffs have been all I could come up with because I already have everything I want or need. I always believed that being “wealthy” meant you have everything you could possibly want. By that measure, I am rich beyond compare.