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From The Archive: The Only Insurance That Money Can't Buy: Get the Spiritual Perspective

The Light Watkins Show

Light Watkins

Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Education

4.9960 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Life can change in an instant—sometimes in ways we hope for, like meeting the right person or finding new opportunities, and sometimes in ways we dread, like losing a home or facing heartbreak. Change is the only constant, and no amount of financial security can shield us from the emotional and spiritual challenges that come with it. This week’s Spiritual Perspective explores the concept of “inner insurance”—a form of resilience that money can’t buy but is crucial for navigating life’s twists...

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Most people are going about insuring themselves against change in the wrong way.

0:07.0

They're building up their bank accounts.

0:08.7

They're diversifying their investments.

0:10.9

And they're creating every possible buffer against life's uncertainties.

0:15.5

But here's what you don't want to forget.

0:16.8

There's another type of insurance that's even more crucial. This insurance, money can't buy.

0:25.9

I was telling somebody the other day, I said, you know what, in a year's time, your life can be

0:31.9

completely different from whatever you're experiencing right now. As we've already seen with COVID,

0:38.0

with the fires in Los Angeles,

0:40.3

with war in the Middle East,

0:42.6

nothing is guaranteed.

0:44.9

Your home could be gone tomorrow.

0:48.3

Your livelihood could be altered in a moment's notice.

0:52.1

Or, on the other hand,

0:56.8

I'm sure we all know people whose lives changed in a seemingly positive way in a very short amount of time. I have a friend who was

1:03.5

single in her mid-40s, who was resigning herself to continue to be single indefinitely, and

1:09.9

she met her person at a coffee shop on the corner from her house nine months ago and she's getting married in the next couple of months.

1:17.6

And so the idea that change can and will happen is not objectively a good thing or a bad thing.

1:25.6

It's just how life on planet Earth works. It's the only constant,

1:30.8

no matter who you are, no matter where you are, no matter how much money you have, things are going

1:36.8

to change. And often they're going to change in very unpredictable ways. And we can have all the

1:42.8

money in the world. We can have all of the financial

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