Recognising the Damage Done By Greed.

And how to undo it

Frederick Bott
6 min readJul 5, 2020

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It seems to be becoming more apparent to many of us, the damage done by greed.

But still it might seem difficult to recognise exactly what has been its consequence, and what needs to be done to undo the harm, if that is even possible.

Firstly to begin recognising it, we need to start by examining ourselves, to identify where it has driven us personally in life, and where it might still be driving us.

That can be quite a painful process, with real risks of alienating ourselves from many of the things and even people we’ve grown to love, and sometimes even our financial and physical security.

So it is not a small task, and requires care to ensure those we love can be brought along without causing upset to them also.

But it comes with great rewards. Rewards greater than we might ever have imagined were possible.

After we’ve successfully made that journey, we see the world through different eyes.

With those new eyes, we see a different light on all things, like the things we’d come to accept as history, where those things were actually built on greed, and where even the historical account itself was built on greed.

Something that becomes apparent, is that nothing truly substantial or successful is ever built on it.

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