Question

Choose the best paraphrase of this sentence.

Read this excerpt from 'What I Hope to Leave Behind."
One of the things which I hope are coming home to us with
a lessening of the abstract desire for money is an
appreciation of the fact that some people have an ability to
enjoy where others have not, and that one of the things
that we must do is to give that ability to enjoy to more and
more people
Money and material wealth are abstractions that never
make people happy, but if we learn to find joys in the
simple things in life, such as family, community, and
nature, we can learn to appreciate a life that does not
require money
One of the things that I hope are coming home to us
with a lessening of the abstract desire for money is an
appreciation that we are all connected and that we can
all work together to make the world a joyful place.
As soon as we place little importance on money, we will
gain an appreciation of the fact that some people have
an ability to enjoy life and that one of the things that we
must do is to give that ability to enjoy to more and more
people.
I hope that as material wealth becomes less important,
we will begin to appreciate people who have the ability to
enioy life, and the more we teach this ability, the more

Answer 1

A to keep it short

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

- Money and material wealth are abstractions that never make people happy, but if we learn to find joys in the simple things in life, such as family, community, and nature, we can learn to appreciate a life that does not require money.

Step-by-step explanation:

Paraphrasing is elucidated as the restatement of the content of a text using different words without altering the actual meaning, idea, or message of the text.

As per the question, the above paragraph most appropriately reiterates the ideas presented in the given sentence in different words by keeping the original meaning intact. It conveys the key idea of the sentence in a more clear and explanatory manner('money...happy...doesn't require money') without plagiarizing and keeping the original essence intact.