As compared to Bill, the grandson of Fast Water Gates (of Microsoft), we are all "poor". But, if one is able to feel safe and have a confidence in the future, then one is rich.
For me, in my retirement and my senior years, I have enough to eat everyday; a 12-year-old car to drive that is in basically. good condition; the necessary money every month to pay my bills and be frivolous with as much as $100.
If however an event such as a huge medical bill/disability (as mentioned above) happens, or I can no longer make the $825 a month mortgage payment that I inherited when my Mom died in December, then I would be at the mercy of charity and/or homeless.
As for another definition of "rich", I have two sisters and several nieces, nephews, and friends that would help me if and when they were able.
Having worked in and lived in serious situations that sometimes teach us the difference between a petty life and a life lived within the knowledge of those things that are truly important, I have learned to live without 90% of the that fear of poverty, that a lot of people have hiding in the back of their minds.
For those that believe in creationism, there is (or should be) a trust in the loving concern of a being greater than ourselves.
For those that believe in evolution, (again and without fear), one should strive to do one's best and live with the outcome.
Either way, this might include the terminologies such as karma, fate, destiny, fortune, kismet, lot in life, chance, happenstance, dumb luck, predestination, etc. We should follow the words of the 1950s song by Doris Day; "Que Sera, Sera - (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)". Generally speaking, that goes along with
I apologize for waxing the floor – waxing the car – waxing the surfboard... and waxing philosophical! :o)
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Date: 2012-03-19 11:40 pm (UTC)It is, as you indicate, a relative position.
As compared to Bill, the grandson of Fast Water Gates (of Microsoft), we are all "poor". But, if one is able to feel safe and have a confidence in the future, then one is rich.
For me, in my retirement and my senior years, I have enough to eat everyday; a 12-year-old car to drive that is in basically. good condition; the necessary money every month to pay my bills and be frivolous with as much as $100.
If however an event such as a huge medical bill/disability (as mentioned above) happens, or I can no longer make the $825 a month mortgage payment that I inherited when my Mom died in December, then I would be at the mercy of charity and/or homeless.
As for another definition of "rich", I have two sisters and several nieces, nephews, and friends that would help me if and when they were able.
Having worked in and lived in serious situations that sometimes teach us the difference between a petty life and a life lived within the knowledge of those things that are truly important, I have learned to live without 90% of the that fear of poverty, that a lot of people have hiding in the back of their minds.
For those that believe in creationism, there is (or should be) a trust in the loving concern of a being greater than ourselves.
For those that believe in evolution, (again and without fear), one should strive to do one's best and live with the outcome.
Either way, this might include the terminologies such as karma, fate, destiny, fortune, kismet, lot in life, chance, happenstance, dumb luck, predestination, etc. We should follow the words of the 1950s song by Doris Day; "Que Sera, Sera - (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)". Generally speaking, that goes along with
I apologize for waxing the floor – waxing the car – waxing the surfboard... and waxing philosophical! :o)