Spiritual wealth

It is very difficult in this 21st century, to escape the unbridled race that most people have trying to achieve a personal well-being that goes beyond mere subsistence. Ultimately, we all need and have the right to a decent life where all our most legitimate needs and desires are satisfied. The economic crisis that has loomed over the world for several years, undoubtedly affects many . The worst thing is the enormous contradiction that exists on the planet between the millions who are dying of hunger, with hardly any possibilities of subsistence, and the other part of humanity, which although it has a lot, or has the possibility of obtaining it, is not satisfied with what who has and always wants more.

When Jesus tells us that man's life does not consist in the abundance of the goods he possesses, he does not mean that abundance is necessarily bad; nor that poverty is essentially good. "Misery has an ugly face" goes a saying frequently used among us and that expresses a tremendous truth. The same that Cubans repeat when, faced with our shortcomings and difficulties, too often we say: it is not easy.

Even so, the truth is that we live where we live, it is necessary to develop a philosophy of life that does not succumb to the dazzling of riches, because they, by themselves, do not satisfy the spiritual desires of the human soul.

Jesus also spoke of a rich man who had gotten everything he wanted, believing that his soul would be filled with it. But he died unable to enjoy his belongings. The mistake is to believe that material things have the ability to fill our spiritual void.

I bought the biography of Teresa of Calcutta in a bookstore in Havana. Simply living on the bare essentials, and caring for the needs of the poorest of the poor, this woman challenged the world by saying that she was immensely happy. His life impacted all of humanity because he lived in absolute poverty. He managed to do an immense work delivering love and care to the dying and the lepers. I am not telling my readers to go to Calcutta and live, as she did with only three changes of clothes. What I intend to teach is that the way to feel happy and satisfied wherever we are, runs through the abandonment of the uncompromising selfishness that has enslaved humanity, as well as the assurance that we are fulfilling in our lives the purpose for which God created us.

Jesus was not wrong and we must appropriate his teaching. The life of man does not consist in the abundance of the goods that he possesses. If you think so, it will be much better — and safer — for you. Do not hesitate.

God bless you!