When the bank account is full but the soul is lacking

It’s second nature for many people to toil endlessly to achieve what the world at large considers a successful life.
But success often is fleeting and sometimes requires us to make decisions that aren’t in our best interests, says Frank P. Daversa, author of the book “Spirituality in the 21st Century.” (www.FrankDaversa.com)
“How many times has a ‘successful’ person turned down a cherished pleasure or been unable to spend time with family for the sake of a business meeting or a late night at the office?” he asks. “How many influential people have sold their souls to the devil to get where they are?”
Interestingly, highly successful people may not be that out of step with one principle that often defines spirituality – the belief in God or a higher power, Daversa says. Polls regularly reveal that the vast majority of the world’s population – better than 80 percent – follows some sort of belief system, so it’s likely a large percentage of successful people do as well, Daversa says.
But on a more practical level, there are four other fundamental principles of spiritual enlightenment that may or may not mesh well with what many people would define as success, he says. Those principles are:

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