You're never more appreciative of life then when it threatens to be taken away at any moment. I had numerous experiences like that, and after each one I wake up. It was as if I'd been asleep. It's a real kick, and I'm just delighted to still be here. But the secret of a well-balanced life is to appreciate everything, or at least as much as you can.
Many people fall into imbalance and disharmony.
There's no doubt about it, having enough money is a unqualified good. But if you decide that having a lot of money is the only good thing then you're in big bad trouble. Then you forget to look at nature, and you forget to look at your friend's faces. You forget to enjoy animals, and you just forget too much. So the thing is to spread the appreciation around.