MrSmartyPants · 46-50, M
turningthekeys · 31-35, F
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SageWanderer · 70-79, M
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DareToSayIT · M
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Mysterion619 · 26-30, M
In my sense, wealth is not merely “having more.” It’s about having more genuine choices and less dependence on forces outside my control.
A wealthy person, possesses resources that can be converted into security, freedom, growth, or flourishing.
A wealthy person, possesses resources that can be converted into security, freedom, growth, or flourishing.
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
The amount of money that makes your life significantly easier. For example when you have a health problem you can get attention right away as opposed to waiting for months to even get an appointment or even waiting for 4 hours to get to your GP while catching all kinds of germs from other people in the waiting room.
Boeing · 36-40
@CrazyMusicLover you are right and yet, did you see how Steve Jobs still left the planet whilst some uncle Steve from the village with basic insurance outlived him!
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
@Boeing I know but some uncle Steve was healthy. If he had the very same illness Steve Jobs had, his journey through this illness would be harder. It's not just about who gets to live but what's their quality of life.
It's not even about happiness to me. A person who has great skills and never has a problem to find work to get income might be much happier in life than some old money snob who has literally zero skills and can't do anything of any value even if his or her life depended on it, still I wouldn't say the first one is wealthy. To me it's still very much tied to money in some pedantic lexical sense, if you know what I mean.
It's not even about happiness to me. A person who has great skills and never has a problem to find work to get income might be much happier in life than some old money snob who has literally zero skills and can't do anything of any value even if his or her life depended on it, still I wouldn't say the first one is wealthy. To me it's still very much tied to money in some pedantic lexical sense, if you know what I mean.
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AthrillatheHunt · 56-60, M
swirlie · 31-35, F
@Boeing
That is the only kind of true wealth because everything else we experience or contrive here on earth is ego-based. Even if we derive a sense of wealth from our good health, our good health can become negatively affected by ego's mantra which will then set the course for our ill-health if we let it.
That is the only kind of true wealth because everything else we experience or contrive here on earth is ego-based. Even if we derive a sense of wealth from our good health, our good health can become negatively affected by ego's mantra which will then set the course for our ill-health if we let it.
