Larry Hartzke

Comments:

• Your simple advice for recognizing and holding the mindset of "enough" reflects Buddhist admonitions that having a "comparing mind" usually leads to dissatisfaction and discontent (suffering) because someone or something always has more of whatever you value. Our capitalist society thrives on creating feelings of inadequacy if we don't purchase or indulge in this, that or the other. Like cultivating a mindset of "gratitude," the concepts you describe are so simple, yet so difficult to practice.

  Post: More Isn’t the Answer

  Link to comment from April 29, 2022

• You're right. That didn't occur to me.

  Post: Up and Away

  Link to comment from January 27, 2022

• You're right. I hadn't thought of that.

  Post: Up and Away

  Link to comment from January 27, 2022

• I fail to see the point of including this piece in this blog. Is there some pearl of wisdom in your good fortune?

  Post: Up and Away

  Link to comment from January 27, 2022

• This is a tough decision to make. I'd hate to convert a lot of my traditional IRA to a Roth IRA, only to have the equity market signficantly decline and stay at a more reasonable, lower level. Then, I would have paid lots of income taxes and my IRAs would be smaller. Hard to make a rational decision to convert with so many unknowns.

  Post: Double-Edged Sword

  Link to comment from July 28, 2021

• Interesting question. After a minute's thought, I think I would seek first-hand opportunities to improve the existence of other sentient beings, including our planet. I would concentrate on those whose existence is threatened through no fault of their own. Suffice it to say, at seven or eight billion, and growing, humans wouldn't be at the top of the list.

  Post: If money were no object, what would you change about your life?

  Link to comment from April 10, 2021