Contentment! do thou me enrich.

Excerpt

Contentment! do thou me enrich; for those Who have thee not are blest with wealth in vain. Wise Lukman for his treasure patience chose: Who have not patience wisdom ne’er attain.

Source Gulistan, Chapter III, §1 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Saadi, in the Gulistan, contentment is true wealth — without it, one is loaded with riches in vain — and patience is the treasure chosen by the wise Lukman, a figure of wisdom mentioned in the Quran. Today, when you feel the urge to have more, stop and name three things you already have that are enough for you.

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