Welcoming Wealth with a Goodbye

My heart holds deep reverence for an elderly man, an artist poet, Harry Wiseman, who was recently interviewed on National Public Radio’s Arts Connection. He confided that, paradoxically, his wealth emerged when he could let things go. “Worrying about my possessions just seems to make me feel poor.” he offered his listening audience. “It’s how to hold onto them, how to lock them up safely, a million how’s to keep them. But when I give away some tool of mine, or even a chair that I designed, I feel richer. Nothing owns me. I’m at peace.”