A Life Of Spirituality Overcoming A Life of Materialistic Riches

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A Life Of Spirituality Overcoming A Life of Materialistic Riches

In this world, there are two sorts of people, some who find

fulfillment in their lives through spirituality, and those who find

fulfillment in their lives through material possessions, such as money

or power. It is reasonably shown in “Singing Silence” that spiritual

wealth is far superior to material wealth because a life which is

filled with spiritual means is much more enjoyable and successful than

a life filled with material wealth.

“Singing Silence” by Eva Lis Waurio values the experiences in life,

and how important the journey itself is, it’s not essentially the

material possessions you collect that make the journey what it is.

Vincente was a very happy man, even though he was very poor and didn’t

own many material belongings; he was still content with himself. “Old

Vincente of Fortnentera was perhaps the happiest man I’ve ever known.

And also perhaps the poorest." This shows that even though this man,

Vincente was poor he was somehow still happy. He didn’t need material

assets to fully live his life and be the happiest that he could. It

shows that even though you have nothing in your life that’s valuable,

life itself is something that which you could value a great deal.

“Vincente has the search. It is not what one finds, you know, but the

search itself that is important. Only the search.” this quote

perfectly describes what was mentioned earlier, life as a journey is

significant, not the material wealth that is accumulated along the

way. This shows that life itself is not about the destination, but the

experiences that you find along the way that makes the des...

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...s that even though Vincente was an old man he

knew that he could find the amphora, and that nothing could get in his

way, even his own age. The author is trying to say that you are never

to old to do anything, because age is not what matters in

determination, but it is the mind and soul, if they are willing than

anything is possible. Through Vincente’s determination, he found a

beauty in the under water world that he had never seen or heard of

before.

A life of spiritual wealth is much more satisfying to some because

they can find a great deal of happiness within this spirituality. The

people who fulfill their lives through spirituality find much more

achievement within themselves, then those who fulfill their lives with

materialistic fortunes, because their achievement is only through

their material possessions.

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