Envy is one of the deadly sins for a good reason—it blinds us to our own abundance. Consider this: if you have clothes on your back, food in your fridge, a cozy studio apartment to call home, and a reliable Honda Fit to drive, you're already blessed beyond measure. The problem is, you just don't realize it.
@ninaturner Is anyone else noticing that the real issue isn't just the minimum wage, but the soaring cost of living and skyrocketing home and rental prices?
Kotoku Wamura, mayor of a Japanese village called Fudai, was mocked for spending billions of public funds on a floodgate, until the floodgate ended up saving the village from the 2011 Japan Tōhoku Tsunami.
The long-serving mayor of Fudai, a small village in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, Kotoku Wamura made a decision that would later be seen as visionary, albeit initially met with skepticism and criticism.
Wamura, who served as mayor from 1947 to 1987, oversaw the construction of a massive floodgate intended to protect Fudai from tsunamis.
The project was derided by some as an unnecessary expense, costing billions in public funds.
He died in 1997, with the mockery of his floodgate casting a shadow over his legacy.
However, the foresight of Wamura was dramatically vindicated during the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
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