True prosperity goes beyond financial wealth. It involves finding balance between money, health, relationships, professional fulfillment and spirituality, while learning to appreciate what we already have and still feel free to ask for more.
By Simone Arrojo
True prosperity goes beyond money and includes health, love, emotional well-being, professional fulfillment and spirituality.
The laws of the Universe teach us several things about prosperity in all aspects of our lives. When we are sick, we are not being prosperous health-wise. When we don’t have money, we are financially ill. And if we don’t have love, where is our emotional prosperity?
Our Wheel of Life is made of many components, and if one is out of balance, it means it needs special attention. The key to prosperity, in all aspects of our lives, lies in the balance between knowing how to be thankful and knowing how to ask.
When we have plenty of love, money, or other forms of abundance, countless times we catch ourselves asking for more and more. It’s not wrong to want a better life or to strive to be the best. It is wrong, indeed, not to acknowledge and value what we already have.
The Connection Between Gratitude and Prosperity
How many times have we appreciated someone or something — a father, mother, boyfriend, girlfriend, dog, or house — only when they were no longer in our lives?
We are used to seeing children of financially wealthy parents become completely lost, emotionally out of control, or unable to appreciate anything they have. They were not taught to be grateful and are constantly longing for the unknown.
These people are anxious for prosperity in affection or spirituality. The worst aspect of this is that people see these cases as bad examples and, as a consequence, we often hear people saying, “Money does not bring happiness.” As if poverty brought happiness and having money were a sin.
But prosperity and happiness are not necessarily opposites. Money, when used with proper care, can make a number of things possible.
We can take better care of our bodies with a variety of selected foods, travel, buy books, attend workshops, and help people who still need this basic resource.
Prosperity, in any aspect, can help us expand our souls. When we are professionally prosperous, we are expanding our souls by using all of our creative potential, our reasoning, and our abilities.
However, if this professional prosperity is taking something away from our emotional life, then we probably need to put our priorities back into balance.
Prosperity Requires Balance
I want to emphasize the importance of thinking about these basic and vital concepts that may modify our lives.
I’d like you to consider that if any part of your body or emotions hurts, including financial pain, it’s because there is an imbalance. When we just ask and ask and don’t recognize our accomplishments, we are out of balance.
However, its opposite can also be damaging.
When we are grateful, we feel that we shouldn’t want something better.
We are happy with what we have. People with these characteristics are considered to be “fake humble,” or people who are insecure and fear being who they really are.
Because, in reality, they are passive people, insecure about their own potential to dare to be different and to embrace the happiness of having the best and as much as necessary for the expansion of their souls.
These are people who would rather think that everything is okay than attempt to change anything.
Why Gratitude Does Not Mean Settling
Being grateful does not mean giving up on personal growth or settling for less than your potential.
Human beings need movement. If the body stops, it gets rusty. If the mind stops, life vanishes.
And what about the spirit?
Our cosmic energy never stops, and it’s actually what is responsible for attracting all the events we need to experience in life in order to evolve.
That’s why it’s not worth trying to escape from learning our lessons, because our essence will bring them back until we finally learn them.
Therefore, show appreciation for what you’ve already accomplished emotionally, financially, or professionally.
Be grateful for each experience in your life, even if, at first, it seems to be a problem.
It may seem weird to be thankful for an illness, but if it has happened, it’s certainly for a reason. And the reason is the lesson that needs to be learned by going through it.
If you are not grateful, you don’t accept it. If you don’t accept it, you don’t treat it, and, above all, you don’t learn what you need.
In these cases, life gives you many opportunities to learn the same lesson.
Do understand that when we don’t have something, it’s because we haven’t treasured that thing enough in the past or in the present.
Therefore, express gratitude for this crisis, and recognize that prosperity happens when we equally know how to be thankful and how to ask.
* Simone Arrojo is a therapist, metaphysical advisor, and the host of “Virando a Página”, a program with over 20 years on the air in the Rádio Mundial in São Paulo, Brazil – www.simonearrojo.com.br
Frequently Asked Questions – FAQ
1. What is true prosperity?
True prosperity goes beyond financial wealth. It involves balance among different areas of life, including health, money, relationships, professional fulfillment, emotions and spirituality.
2. Does money bring happiness?
Money alone does not guarantee happiness, but financial prosperity can provide opportunities to take better care of yourself, travel, learn, help others and pursue experiences that contribute to your well-being.
3. Why is gratitude important for prosperity?
Gratitude helps people recognize and value what they have already accomplished instead of constantly focusing on what is missing. The article argues that prosperity requires balancing gratitude with the ability to ask for more.
4. Does being grateful mean we should stop wanting more?
No. Gratitude should not mean settling for less or abandoning personal ambitions. The central idea is to appreciate what you already have while continuing to pursue growth and the experiences that can contribute to your development.
5. How can prosperity be achieved in different areas of life?
According to the article, prosperity comes from maintaining balance among different aspects of life. Financial, professional, emotional, physical and spiritual well-being should be considered together rather than treated as isolated areas.
