A Life Of Spirituality Overcoming A Life of Materialistic Riches
In this world, there are two sorts of people, some who find
fulfillment in their lives through spirituality, and those who find
fulfillment in their lives through material possessions, such as money
or power. It is reasonably shown in “Singing Silence” that spiritual
wealth is far superior to material wealth because a life which is
filled with spiritual means is much more enjoyable and successful than
a life filled with material wealth.
“Singing Silence” by Eva Lis Waurio values the experiences in life,
and how important the journey itself is, it’s not essentially the
material possessions you collect that make the journey what it is.
Vincente was a very happy man, even though he was very poor and didn’t
own many material belongings; he was still content with himself. “Old
Vincente of Fortnentera was perhaps the happiest man I’ve ever known.
And also perhaps the poorest." This shows that even though this man,
Vincente was poor he was somehow still happy. He didn’t need material
assets to fully live his life and be the happiest that he could. It
shows that even though you have nothing in your life that’s valuable,
life itself is something that which you could value a great deal.
“Vincente has the search. It is not what one finds, you know, but the
search itself that is important. Only the search.” this quote
perfectly describes what was mentioned earlier, life as a journey is
significant, not the material wealth that is accumulated along the
way. This shows that life itself is not about the destination, but the
experiences that you find along the way that makes the des...
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...s that even though Vincente was an old man he
knew that he could find the amphora, and that nothing could get in his
way, even his own age. The author is trying to say that you are never
to old to do anything, because age is not what matters in
determination, but it is the mind and soul, if they are willing than
anything is possible. Through Vincente’s determination, he found a
beauty in the under water world that he had never seen or heard of
before.
A life of spiritual wealth is much more satisfying to some because
they can find a great deal of happiness within this spirituality. The
people who fulfill their lives through spirituality find much more
achievement within themselves, then those who fulfill their lives with
materialistic fortunes, because their achievement is only through
their material possessions.