“The real luxuries in life: Time, Health, good people who feel like home, peace of mind, travel, good sleep great food, time for fun, and great music,” Daniel Chidiac.  As we ended last week discussing that it truly is the simple things in life, the things we are all afforded but take for granted, we continue that conversation.  We substitute a false life and call it living.  We think riches come from man when they come from life.  We are all addicts to a degree and we get sucked into some version of believing what we have isn’t enough.  But try living without any of the items listed above and tell me how it feels. 

Tell me what it’s like when we have no connection, no view of the world, when we can’t stop our minds from racing, when we feel disassociated from who we are because we aren’t living as we are meant to.  It’s miserable and when we find ourselves in those circumstances, we will do anything to get them back.  Do not take the simple things for granted.  Do not mistake material things for life.  Every single one of us will come and go on this Earth and so will the things we leave behind.  I’d rather leave a mark on the soul than on what I acquired. What did it take to get those things?

The real luxuries in life are all the things it takes to actually live and enjoy life.  The real luxuries are the things that allow us to have fun, the things that feel good.  The real luxuries in life are the support system we create and foster and the family we have, whether by blood or not, that are there to pick us up.  The real luxuries in life are the ability to love and appreciate what we have.  The real luxuries in life include giving back so others can experience the joys in life as well.  The real luxuries in life are witnessing life and the joy and creativity other people bring to the table.  Remember we are blessed in so many ways and don’t take any of it for granted.  Remember what matters, always, and let those things be a constant reminder of the direction we are meant to travel and what we are meant to do, then do whatever it takes to experience those luxuries and you will discover how rich you really are.