The Gershwin tune "I Got Plenty of Nothin'," from Porgy and Bess, is a nice little ditty on which to meditate. When you've got the sun in the morning and the moon at night, what else do you need? (Okay, food, shelter, etc....)
But the bit about "folks with plenty of plenty" living in fear of thieves is straight out of the Tao Te Ching.
When I Googled on this lyric, I was surprised that a majority of the links seemed to be to Frank Sinatra's version. Now there's somebody who was really into the spirit of the song.
I also came across a brief passage by a zen master that's food for thought.
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