It is raining heavily as I write now. Luxury doesn’t cost a billion dollars or even a million. From my windows I admire the scene: trees and houses drenched in rain.
If I lived near the sea, I would see the sea. What is the difference.
However luxury is a state of mind.
Even as I swam today, I asked myself what is the difference between me swimming at a public pool and me swimming in my own pool. The only difference is that people would not be hitting me while lap swim. But then just for this, is the cost of maintaining and even building a pool even if I had the space, worth it? No.
So for me swimming at the public pool is still a luxury.
I realize finally my life has 3 modes:
- working mode: I am in training or in an office trying to get things done, namely counseling, observing. At times I am doing some work on my computer at home.
- non-working mode: I have no work objective, I am free to think about possible future paths and even try some ideas
- family mode: I drive my mother or wife or sisters, hang out with my son, go to relatives, shop. Under this mode I would also put take care of my own health
I get bored when I am either mode for too long. For me luxury is to have a perfectly time balance between the 3 modes.
During the corona virus, non-working mode was full on. But it was for a purpose. I had to have that period to make the leap in my spiritual journey.
Before corona, I had a taste of non-working mode but it was just like trailer. It was mostly working mode and family mode.
So may be now I have found the true me: the one with 3 modes.
