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Scarcity to abundance - Coggle Diagram
Scarcity to abundance
Contemplating the price of our needs
what's abundant is cheap and what's scarce is expensive.
When selecting our needs its wise to contemplate what they truly costs us
The level of difficulty depends on our context
If we focus on needs that are cheap & easy to fulfill we experience abundance
Its easier to acquire something affordable than something lavish.
Staying out of long term debt
Real difficulties start when we immerse ourselves in long term desires that we must fulfill to feel satisfied
We burden ourselves with long term debt
Paying of natural desires isn't hard to do
Hope is not a good strategy for happiness
The power of moderation
Epicurus - 3 kinds of desires
Natural & Unnecessary desires
Luxurious food & expensive clothing (necessary & easy to satisfy)
Vain desires
Power, extreme wealth & fame (Unnecessary & impossible to satisfy)
Natural & Necessary
Food, shelter & rest (necessary & easy to satisfy)
The more we need the less abundance we will experience
Stoics
Proposed a virtue moderation which includes modesty & self control
Being thankful to what we have
Start focusing on what we do have then happiness will be a bargain.
Being grateful for what we have increases the value of what we have
Shifting paradigm from dissatisfaction to gratitude, the value increases