I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged it evening
When I counted my scanty store.
For Life is a just employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.
I worked for a menial’s hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have willingly paid.
[Source: author, anonymous — from The Prosperity Bible, edited by Jeremy P. Tarcher, copyright 2007]
What wage are you seeking from your life?