What is wealth?
I have not understood this in spite of the fact I had been an Accountant for 30 long years. I have my own ideas about wealth which do not adhere to the common perceptions. Can someone explain to me what is this wealth for which people go to any extremes to acquire it?
There is the wealth of money and material things that are driven by greed. Greed is a hard beast to tackle, but not everyone looks at wealth this way. Personally, I find wealth in the fact that my heart is joyous and full of the glory! I am wealthy with love!
by mio cid 11 years ago
Mike Huckabee ended his show with these words the other day.He said rich people should live with poor people for a few days so they would experience how hard their life is and poor people should live with rich people for a few days so they would see how hard they work. ...
by Cas Merchant 10 years ago
Do you see any way to balance the financial inequality in our world today?The rich people seem to be getting greedier by the day, while the poor are struggling to make it THROUGH the day. It is so blatently unfair! Do you see any way to begin to right this wrong, or will it continue forever? Where...
by Doug Hughes 14 years ago
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by awesome77 5 years ago
Coming from a very poor background, I have come to realize that most rich people do not give a rats ass about the poor! If in doubt, show me a rich person and you will see someone that has gone to great lengths to isolate themselves from the poor!Most rich people like to live in non accessible...
by Grace Marguerite Williams 7 years ago
How is greed good, even beneficial for a person's improvement & advancement?What are the main advantages of greed? Do you believe that one must be greedy in order to become successful?
by loua 12 years ago
Does Capitalism Breed Greed?Selfishness is in the eye of the beholder that greed festers and blurs the vision of one's wisdom... With clear sight one may see their sacred gift of intuitiveness. The wisdom to formulate the end for the contest of wits, so that the balance of energy, nature and spirit...
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