Mirage

A mirage is when the ground becomes so hot, light passing through the less dense rising air effectively curves from the sky reaching our vision. The wavy image of the blue sky and the trees on the hot flat bed, looks a lot like water. If you are thirsty, you'll waste your energy trying to reach non-existent water.

The world is thirsty for the real substance of life. Water is the key element because it is really made up of air (Hydrogen and Oxygen atoms). In Cantonese, a slang for money is water. It acts like water because it must keep flowing to be really useful. Stagnant funds lose value over time like still water that "rots".

In my last post, I said "money is a mirage of success". We need it to live with others, and many measure value purely based on money. This is correct if consumption and real estate actually give us life or true quality in life.

We all know how a home, restaurant, car etc. may look does not guarantee a good time, yet we choose to measure success with accumulation and status. Instead all our most precious memories are made by good relationships enjoying time together.

Love is free. Money and what it can buy is only a mirage of what we really want. Careful what you chase.