[LuxLiving]

"Real contentment lies not in having more, but in wanting less of the stuff that you wouldn't be craving anyway if this were your last day alive. LaTasha tells me that on that last day, she wouldn't be asking for another pashmina or a hoity-toity job but a clear conscience and a zero credit-card balance. Another friend told me, "I'd want a good relationship with my husband. That's it." And yet when you're busting your behind for both a kickin' career and an enviable home life, few people ever tell you that though you might be able to have it all, you really can't have it all at the same time. If you're seeking everything with equal time and intensity, something--or someone--will get compromised.

In the end, the best answers I've discovered are the ones that sisters who came long before me--and who didn't have squat to their names but were wealthy in wisdom--always knew: Show the ones you love that you love them. Get out of your hurry. Decide what matters to you and then boldly rearrange your life to have it. Know that you're already worth something. Want what you already have. And when the George Foreman grill starts calling your name, consider what it would feel like to stop buying and start being." -Michelle Burford, Essense