Today I know that what I accumulate in my life is of no account if I lose my spirit, my self, my soul. I can enjoy the things of the world when I see them for what they are and do not ask them to be more than they are or to give me what they cannot give. They are meant to enhance my pleasure, not to be the source of it. It is my knowledge and awareness of that part of me which is infinite that is my true source of peace, pleasure, happiness and serenity. When I am in full possession of this inner self, which is also connected to the universal self, then I am in a position to take pleasure in the world around me.

I am that which never dies.

We brought nothing into this world. And it is certain we carry nothing out of it.
1 Timothy 6:7