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How to Tell When You Are Rich
When I was a kid in Minnesota, watermelon was

a delicacy. One of my father’s buddies, Bernie, was a

prosperous fruit-and-vegetable wholesaler, who ope-

rated a warehouse in St.Paul.

Every summer, when the first watermelons

rolled in, Bernie would call. Dad and I would go to

Bernie’s warehouse and take up our positions. We’d

sit on the edge of the dock, feet dangling, and lean

over, minimizing the volume of juice we were to spill

on ourselves.

Bernie would take his machete, crack our first

watermelon, hand us both a big piece and sit down

next to us. Then we’d bury our faces in the watermel-

on, eating only the heart - the reddest, juiciest, firm-

est, most seed-free, most perfect part - and throw

away the rest.

Bernie was my father’s idea of a rich man. I al-

ways thought it was because he was such a successful

businessman. Years later, I realized that what my fa-

ther admired about Bernie’s wealth was less its sub-

stance than its application. Bernie knew how to stop

working, get together with friends and eat only the

heart of the watermelon.

What I learned from Bernie is that being rich

is a state of mind. Some of us, no matter how much

money we have, will never be free enough to eat only

the heart of the watermelon. Others are being rich

without even being more than a paycheck ahead.

If you don’t take the time to dangle your feet

over the dock and chomp into life’s small pleasures,

your career is probably overwhelming your life.

For many years, I forgot that lesson I’d learned

as a kid on the loading dock. I was too busy making

all the money I could.

Well, I’ve learned it. I hope I have time left to en-

joy the accomplishments of others and to take pleas-

ure in the day. That’s the heart of the waterme lon. I

have learned again to throw the rest away.

Finally, I am rich.How to Tell When You Are Rich. ​