Guru: Let me ask you a question. Wealth, health and morality, which is most important?
Tom: From the perspective of the rich and powerful, they’ll say wealth.
Guru: Can you bring wealth with you after the body is gone?
Tom: No.
Guru: Can you bring health with you after the body is gone?
Tom: No.
Guru: Can you bring morality with you after the body is gone?
Tom: This one, I’m not sure. Maybe, maybe not.
Guru: Okay, will morality be left somewhere after the body is gone?
Tom: You mean it could be attached to the name after the body is gone?
Guru: Very good. With good morality, you can leave a good name.
Tom: Forever and a day!
Guru: There’s a saying you know.
Tom: What is it?
Guru: If you lose your wealth, you lose nothing. If you lose your health, you lose something. If you lose your morality, you lose everything.
Tom: So morality is the most important.
Guru: Never trade your morality for wealth.
Tom: Yes, sir.
(Extract from Tommy Wong's book, "
Wisdom on How to Live Life")
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Dr. Wong is a civil engineer by training, and is a world-renowned hydrologist. Having lived a worldly life, he now lives spiritually in the midst of modern Singapore. For more than a decade, together with his wife, he took care of his mother and mother-in-law (both near centenarians), while working full-time and looking after his three sons.
Nowadays, he serves the world at large as a freelance engineering and personal growth consultant. He is also an editor and has authored books of four different genres: engineering, philosophy, self-help and spirituality. He is committed to bringing engineering and spiritual teachings to the world for the benefit of mankind.
