What Does It Mean To Be Rich?
Anyone that has told you that money doesn't matter was lying to you and more importantly lying to themselves. When the world around you functions, exists, and is motivated by money it is impossible to disavow the importance of everyone's good pal Benjamin Franklin.
When I say I want to be rich, I really mean it. I want to have enough money so that one day, during an afternoon stroll, if I so choose I will open the vast pit of my wallet to excavate a few thousand and then proceed to burn it amongst the populace; watching as they cringe and curl over the madness that defies the very foundation of logic and survival itself. I want to travel the world and see everything there is to see before I die. If I have children I never want them to worry about having to pay for college or work thirty hours a week because they need it to pay their debts while attending high school. A great amount of worry and influence stems from cash and it is up to each individual whether they want to be ruled by it or not.
Suffice to say, I show great enmity toward the idea that I must spend my life working for another in an attempt to make ends meet. I want to be free of the chains that bind me to society: the normal 40 hour work week (or in America a whopping 50). I want to be jobless by the time I am forty or fifty, to be able to do what I want when I want and study to my hearts content the things that I wish to know more about. I am dead for every minute that isn't mine and for every minute that remains under my control I am left indefatigable in my pursuits. Well, this is grand and all but everyone wants to be rich and secure in their well-being. There is, however, a differentiation that needs to be made between those who achieve riches in the financial sense, those who do not achieve riches at all, and those who achieve riches in the holistic sense.
It is plausible for one to be tangibly rich yet lack the authentic richness of vitae and all the properties that undoubtedly follow. To be rich in the heart is the utmost priority to one who is truly rich monetarily. Treating all in a convivial matter and aiding their fellow man is a genuine form of richness for frugality begets an abundance of silence and brooding in the darkness of one’s home. Only by observing the veracity behind being rich can one hope to be healthy physically and fiscally.
Those who wish to be rich but are unable to do so either succumb to their reticent lifestyle or dream of such grandeur only to be drawn back into their negative recidivism. They will always knowingly be chained or live in denial, living in a state of complacency due to what society deems as happiness as one obtains the money from their 401 K plan.
Finally, to be rich is to have a warm heart, kind disposition and overall pleasant attitude towards all. Penny pinching is not a sign of a rich individual. Generosity, determination and compassion are the ultimate characteristics of one who is rich. Observe Bill Gates for instance: a man who regularly donates to charity, originally dropped out of college to chase a dream and did what was necessary to obtain that dream.
So I want to be rich. I want to set goals and whether my current one is met or not it shall definitely be a resume builder. I’m currently researching some tools I must be able to use adequately such as HTML, XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, and perhaps a bit of Java. It is a daunting task but anything that has ever been worth chasing has been work. If it fails I have other ways of obtaining assets and eventually eliminating many of my liabilities – goal setting is the primary difference between those who succeed and don’t succeed.
Saturday we will meet to discuss the details and I eagerly anticipate what we will be talking about. If our dream is unattainable at least it was one hell of a ride. My ultimate goal is still a well-grounded reality for many as in my opinion proprietary ownership is one of the easiest ways of success.
What are some of my dreams? I want to eventually speak Spanish, Japanese, and perhaps French well enough by the time I am forty. I want to travel to at least one place by the time I turn twenty-four and make it my goal to see this once I have enough in assets:
This is Dubai, located in the United Arab Emirates. Less radical than their Middle Eastern bretheren and quite fond of tourists. They also speak decent enough english so the language barrier wouldn't be too much of a hinderance.
Money is important, but I wish it wasn't. Money should never develop into something more than a means to achieve an ends or else it may evolve into an addiction. It will not rule me but I intend to earn enough of it so that I may never worry about my health, family, friends, or livelihood. Life is too short to worry about technicalities which could have large, adverse effects on the things that make life special. I simply wish to be free and love the opportunity that some circumstance has given me: to live out a lifetime. Whatever breathed life into my body was both a blessing and a curse.
My professor pulls me aside after discussing a soliloquy in which Hamlet contemplates death and asks, "How often do you think about death?"
I looked sincerely into his eyes and disquietly responded, "everyday."
When I say I want to be rich, I really mean it. I want to have enough money so that one day, during an afternoon stroll, if I so choose I will open the vast pit of my wallet to excavate a few thousand and then proceed to burn it amongst the populace; watching as they cringe and curl over the madness that defies the very foundation of logic and survival itself. I want to travel the world and see everything there is to see before I die. If I have children I never want them to worry about having to pay for college or work thirty hours a week because they need it to pay their debts while attending high school. A great amount of worry and influence stems from cash and it is up to each individual whether they want to be ruled by it or not.
Suffice to say, I show great enmity toward the idea that I must spend my life working for another in an attempt to make ends meet. I want to be free of the chains that bind me to society: the normal 40 hour work week (or in America a whopping 50). I want to be jobless by the time I am forty or fifty, to be able to do what I want when I want and study to my hearts content the things that I wish to know more about. I am dead for every minute that isn't mine and for every minute that remains under my control I am left indefatigable in my pursuits. Well, this is grand and all but everyone wants to be rich and secure in their well-being. There is, however, a differentiation that needs to be made between those who achieve riches in the financial sense, those who do not achieve riches at all, and those who achieve riches in the holistic sense.
It is plausible for one to be tangibly rich yet lack the authentic richness of vitae and all the properties that undoubtedly follow. To be rich in the heart is the utmost priority to one who is truly rich monetarily. Treating all in a convivial matter and aiding their fellow man is a genuine form of richness for frugality begets an abundance of silence and brooding in the darkness of one’s home. Only by observing the veracity behind being rich can one hope to be healthy physically and fiscally.
Those who wish to be rich but are unable to do so either succumb to their reticent lifestyle or dream of such grandeur only to be drawn back into their negative recidivism. They will always knowingly be chained or live in denial, living in a state of complacency due to what society deems as happiness as one obtains the money from their 401 K plan.
Finally, to be rich is to have a warm heart, kind disposition and overall pleasant attitude towards all. Penny pinching is not a sign of a rich individual. Generosity, determination and compassion are the ultimate characteristics of one who is rich. Observe Bill Gates for instance: a man who regularly donates to charity, originally dropped out of college to chase a dream and did what was necessary to obtain that dream.
So I want to be rich. I want to set goals and whether my current one is met or not it shall definitely be a resume builder. I’m currently researching some tools I must be able to use adequately such as HTML, XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, and perhaps a bit of Java. It is a daunting task but anything that has ever been worth chasing has been work. If it fails I have other ways of obtaining assets and eventually eliminating many of my liabilities – goal setting is the primary difference between those who succeed and don’t succeed.
Saturday we will meet to discuss the details and I eagerly anticipate what we will be talking about. If our dream is unattainable at least it was one hell of a ride. My ultimate goal is still a well-grounded reality for many as in my opinion proprietary ownership is one of the easiest ways of success.
What are some of my dreams? I want to eventually speak Spanish, Japanese, and perhaps French well enough by the time I am forty. I want to travel to at least one place by the time I turn twenty-four and make it my goal to see this once I have enough in assets:
This is Dubai, located in the United Arab Emirates. Less radical than their Middle Eastern bretheren and quite fond of tourists. They also speak decent enough english so the language barrier wouldn't be too much of a hinderance.Money is important, but I wish it wasn't. Money should never develop into something more than a means to achieve an ends or else it may evolve into an addiction. It will not rule me but I intend to earn enough of it so that I may never worry about my health, family, friends, or livelihood. Life is too short to worry about technicalities which could have large, adverse effects on the things that make life special. I simply wish to be free and love the opportunity that some circumstance has given me: to live out a lifetime. Whatever breathed life into my body was both a blessing and a curse.
My professor pulls me aside after discussing a soliloquy in which Hamlet contemplates death and asks, "How often do you think about death?"
I looked sincerely into his eyes and disquietly responded, "everyday."
Theres something to think about eh?
It kinda makes me think of my spring break trip.
If you want to be happy you cant look at how much money you are spending, as long as what you are doing makes you happy i think. And in order to be happy you have to have alot of money to do it, then so be it, you make it so you have the money to do what you want, and whether it was made or taken as a loan do not hinder your life by choosing not to do something because of how much money it costs, such as the trip you want to go on. And i think i know that you feel this way because of what your life is like and how your father is, because i know that if you told him you wanted to go there he might very well tell you that it was a waste of money and that you dont have any to spend going there. But i say do it. And actually do it whether or not you really have enough money to do it, because everyone needs that vacation they cant afford.
But i do agree that to be rich isnt just having alot of money, but when everyone asks me what im going to do with history and classics. I tell them, well maybe i could be a teacher or anything else. Because i plan to work where ever i can using what assets ive been given to my advantage and get ahead in life and not be a teacher. Because as much as i can see myself teaching, i dont think i have the patients to teach for very long.
But as i always think lately, dont worry about the money, your young and i have plenty of time to pay it back in my lifetime, so for now im going to enjoy my life.
I dont know how the discussion went, but i would prolly have responded the same way.
But for now, i bid you adeiu, and say that french is for pussies lol so what if its the language of politics =P
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