When you mention wealth, most people think they know what that means, but there are many kinds of wealth. In our very materialistic times, the person who has piles and piles of money is the one considered wealthy, but others are wealthy also.

    There are people who have a great deal of money who would pay millions to live a long, healthy life so those who are fortunate enough to live a long, healthy life must be considered wealthy also.

    The wealthy man who has gone through several difficult and costly divorces resulting in children who wont even speak to their father might say that he would give his entire fortune for a loving family. Doesn't that make the person who has a loving family just as wealthy as the one with the pile of money?

    When you hear of someone who owns a ranch of a thousand acres or a Hollywood star with five homes on three continents, you may feel jealous, but you can sit on a huge public beach, or go for a stroll in a park, or hike the Grand Canyon without fear of being mobbed by fans or paparazzi.

    And, as the quote says, the most important wealth of all is spiritual. No one, or almost no one, would immediately think “poor peasant” if you mention Jesus of Gandhi, yet, from a purely monetary point of view, they were. But they did not feel like peasants, or act like peasants, because they were wealthy in spiritual energy, power and knowledge. Something even the richest person would gladly pay for if it were for sale, but it isn't.

    And they great thing about spiritual wealth is that you don't have to be born to a wealthy family, or be a super-genius to get it. You just have to follow certain rules and work at it.

    So don't be jealous of the guy with the big pile of money. There are other kinds of wealth that are worth much more.