Despite the revelation of the remnant, those in the larger group almost always blame the ones they consider “less than” for whatever they are lacking, a tragic tendency we now call “blaming the victim.” Failure in almost any form is considered “your own fault” in many upwardly mobile or fully capitalistic society.*
Richard Rohr

There are two ways to be wealthy – to get everything you want or to want everything you have.**
Ryan Holiday

The leftovers are those who are not valued
or deemed to have nothing of value to bring or offer,
The tragedy being that those so labeled or marked
tend to agree by believing they have nothing others may want,
But everyone has something of value to contribute.

The wisdom of creation is directly accessible to us in our everyday experience – the universe dwells inside us.^

Everyone contains some valuable element or aspect
of the universe within them;
This is our wildness, our truest self, larger and more valuable than
our educational, employment, or political selves,
Forgotten and unknown to us.

If we establish a regular practice of intentional solitude, we invite a conversation between ourselves and the wild soul that comes near to our shore. We do this not only to “be near” the wild soulful nature, but as in the mystical tradition since time out of mind, the purpose of this union is for us us to ask questions, and for the soul to advise.^^

More than ever we struggle to be alone
in our quietness, listening for the
questions of the soul, questions that echo the universe’s
What we will do with your life? – but here is an experiment:
To find our secluded place to be quiet awhile and listen.*^

In fact … wealth undermines everyday awe and our capacity to see the moral beauty of others, the wonders of nature, and the sublime in music or art.^*

*Richard Rohr’s The Tears of Things;
**Ryan Holiday’s The Daily Stoic;
^Jean Houston’s The Wizard of Us;
^^Clarissa Pinkola Estés’ Women Who Run With the Wolves;
*^Perhaps beginning with ten minutes of seclusion to try Clarissa Pinkola Estés’ challenge for noticing the questions
^*Dacher Keltner’s Awe.