My husband and I thought that it would be good if I get some fresh air today so, despite the fact that I am not really up to anything, I came with him to his business meeting. Not to his meeting per se… I drove with him here in Baden, a town near Vienna, where his meeting is supposed to be. He dropped me in a nearby cafe where I can have something to drink, sit outside, relax, and wait for him.
I don’t think it makes him unprofessional by bringing me, his wife, to anywhere where he is supposed to be doing business. We don’t always do it. Today is just one of those days when we think that he’s not going out of his way by bringing me with him.
So here I am… enjoying the sun while having a refreshing drink. I have my laptop with me and I am actually inspired to do some work but since I have no task from my jobs at Odesk, I will just blog.
I am in a nice place. It’s actually very nice that it seems unreal. This place in Baden called Fontana is a 20-hectare of rolling land containing an 18-hole golf course, elite residential houses, man-made lakes with white-sand beaches and palm trees, and many other luxuries. I wonder how the people live here feel. How they are and if they are still in touch with reality. Oh well, they probably also have the same thoughts about people who don’t have such luxuries. The rich probably also think how the poor people are and so on. It’s just two groups of people having different sense of reality.
a view opposite from where i am (sitting in that building's veranda)
view from the top
Photo Credits: TeeTimes.info
So anyway, all these make me think if I want to be this rich and my answer is… I am not sure. I am pretty contented with what I have and I am quite happy. Sometimes, I sound so desperate about earning money but quite frankly, there is really no urgent thing I need the money for. I just want to be able to say that I am “earning” and that I am not a lazy cow sitting at home while expecting my husband to bring in the money. Of course there are things that could make our life easier, like a new car, a new this and that but hey… we have two old but still running cars… that’s way more than what most people have.
a photo from my camera.
So I think, as long as I have the sense of what a poor man’s reality is, it is not difficult for me to be contented. It’s great to have a small tiny peek at how incredibly rich people live but I honestly can’t find it in my heart to be bitter that there are people who are incredibly rich. As long as I know how it is to be poor, I will always be contented and happy to be somewhere in the middle.
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ay ako din. minsan pag iniisip ko na makakapunta ako ng Paris, parang “i’m not sure” parang masyadong bonggatious yun for me. parang mas maganda pa din magshopping sa divisoria. parang gusto ko lang ng simpleng buhay. haha! pero isip ko din dapat may achievement naman ako kaya keep on dreaming! =)
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@stern, yep as in. maganda mangarap. ako din marami akong pangarap pero that does not mean na hindi ako contento sa present situation ko. sa tingin ko, yung kagaya ko na nakararanas ng hirap e madaling makuntento at maging masaya sa kung ano mang konting (financial/material) progress na dumarating.
Being a Christian, we learn that dreaming to be rich is not bad as long as we don’t desire to pursue it because of bad or evil intentions. God wants to prosper us only if we listen to Him and obey Him according to the plans He have for us. But our dreams may not be His dreams for us. But I learned whatever His plans is always good for us. If we desire to earn much money, it’s not a sin. Money is not the root of evil. We sin if we forget God and make money our priority.
It’s also great that you are contented with what you already have while also dreaming of something more. It means you are grounded. It’s not sin to dream , God makes us to dream. Contentment is one key to happiness and even if you dream of so much more, you go back again to the reality that what you need to have are already yours.