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Not Losing Joy Even in Poverty
Do I equate poverty with unhappiness, overlooking the warmth of family that flowed even amid want?
Be one who is joyful though poor, and who loves right conduct though rich.
Confucius esteemed the one who keeps joy even in poverty.
📝The Classic Answers
Confucius esteemed the one who keeps joy even in poverty. This does not glorify being poor; it means that want cannot necessarily strip a person of dignity and bonds. Even a poor home has laughter, and even one shared bowl of rice holds affection. I have been trained to read a lack of means as a failure of life itself. Yet looking back on childhood, though we had little, the gazes and hands turned toward one another raised me into a person. A family's wealth lies not in a bank balance but in the thickness of time endured together.
🌱Apply It Today
On a day when you feel you lack, count one family asset that money cannot buy.
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