I'm going to talk to you about the most important thing you will ever have.

Now try to guess what that might be.

For example, is it money?

Well, it's certainly better to have money than not to, but it's definitely not the most

important thing you can have.

Just ask all the rich people who were very unhappy.

Or even better read about what's happened to most of the people who in tens of millions

of dollars in a lottery.

Most of these people actually became less happy, not more.

So all right then, what about love?

Is that the most important thing you can ever have?

Well, love sure is important.

I can't imagine living without it.

I treasure the love of my friends and the love of my family.

But if you don't have the thing I'm about to tell you, you won't receive much love

at all.

So let's try a third answer.

Happiness.

Well, that too is very, very important who wants to be unhappy.

But again, without the thing I will tell you about, there would be little happiness

in the world.

So here goes.

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