There is a point when lacking wealth becomes detrimental to your happiness. Everyone has to make a decision when that occurs. One has to be able to cover sickness and health issues without worry about being thrown out on the street or depend on neighbors to support you. And everyone should have some kind of hobby that doesn't break the bank (probably something on the order of 5 or 10% of ones income) just to keep one's interest in something other than the stress of the day.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Leland Jackson" <[email protected]> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [OT] Ephemeral wealth > Yes, if you want to build and retain wealth, then you should learn to > live frugally. Charles Dicken's "Ebenezer Scrooge" in his novel "A > Christmas Carol" comes to mind, which seems to reinforce the idea that > affluence is a false measure of happiness, and can even be a source of > grieve as Nick Martin from your article teaches. Happiness comes from > within; not from external stuff. > > Regards, > > LelandJ > > > On 11/26/2010 09:47 AM, Nicholas Geti wrote: >> Leland, here is another interesting article I got from the NY Times. No >> point to it just interesting how a person with $14M lost it all and is >> now destitute. What a shame. I could easily live the rest of my life on >> half that amount. >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/26/business/26fall.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=a25 >> >> >> --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- >> multipart/alternative >> text/plain (text body -- kept) >> text/html >> --- >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/a669de3da17646718a759e32050af...@dual ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
