It is so easy to simply compare yourself to the people next door, or who you go to school with, and think that you are not that wealthy. Certainly we are not rich, are we?? Go to this website and plug in your family's yearly income and then give that richness a second thought. Compared to the world, I guarantee you that you are really wealthy. http://www.globalrichlist.com/
Part of the problem we have developed here is the notion that we need or should have all that we do, and that that is normal. It is not normal, compared to the rest of the world. Not at all. Having 20 shirts, and 20 pants and 2 cars and a cell phone means you are rich. Probably most of the people of the world do not have a car. Most do not have a cell phone, or probably more than a few pair of pants.
The issue is not one of "let's become poor", but of "what do I do with all this wealth?" Will we spend it on ourselves? Or give a tiny bit away? Or what?
Food for thought.
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