John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, decided early in life how much he needed to live on, and for the rest of his life gave away anything more than that. I see this as one of his most practical manifestations of living the gospel, the good news — simple living and radical generosity to the downtrodden. I admire this disciplined melding of heart and mind. I yearn to live in a world awash in such practice and witness to security beyond money. Today, in America, we call financial security “comfort” and can never seem to get enough of it…
Comfortable
Rachel Chu: So your family is, like, rich?
Nick Young: We’re comfortable.
Rachel Chu: That is exactly what a super-rich person would say.
— from Crazy Rich Asians
I just
Wannabe
Comfortable
A certain under standing
Of riches
Helled buy most
Yet never enough
