Once, over coffee, two wealthy young men, lamenting their rising bills, asked me, how much is enough? “It’s never enough,” I replied. “Expenses grow with income. You will spend what you earn.” However, there is a different question: how much do you need? In Tolstoy’s classic, “How Much Land Does a Man Need?”, the peasant Pakhom obsessively seeks more land, a quest that leads to his early death. In the end, he is buried on a distant prairie with exactly as much land as he needs- six feet. To have been beloved, even though poor, is a far greater success.
How Much Land … ?
May 1, 2020 by jabudde
Posted in Christian Discipleship, Christianity, Ethics, Jesus, Meditation, philosophy, Religion, short essay, Spirituality, Theology, Uncategorized | Tagged How Much Land Does a Man Need?, Success, Tolstoy | Leave a Comment
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