If one has more wealth than enough, is it a blessing or a curse?

Question

I am putting this to a vote hoping that people don't choose the worst answer. Happy voting!

Answer 1

blessing, but for those that dont appericate it can be a curse as they get involved with things they probably shouldnt.

Double edge sword,

Answer 2

Neither unless he has to count it each day then it must be a curse.

I have always ated that phrase "count your blessings" as though you could remember them all at any given moment. I can't.

And what is enough? I know of a man wo ad an accident and stand to make 8 million dollars because of it. That is a lot. It seems more than enough. And yet tis man is looking at a short life filled with pain and big medical expences. Consider time when thinking about what is enough.

Also consider everyone who had stock in ENRON. One moment they had enough. The next moment they were busted. Values change and what is precious today may be worthless tomorrow.

And as for the overall tenor of this question, it reads like you think outcomes are preordained, blessings and curses. No room for dumb luck. No room for free will. No concept of appetite. Who decides what is enough, the person who has the wealth or somebody else?

It is amazing to me all the people who say they feel they have to give something back when they make it rich. Why? Guilty concience? Fear of somebody stealing it? I have no idea. May be somebody is ric because tey live a lifestyle that attracts wealth. Why should they change who they are? It seems to be working. Why change it?

They say you can't take it with you, and yet everybody knows how much you were worth at death. We are still talking about the Pharoahs today. The idea of your wealth survives you even after death like records in a record book. Think Babe Ruth. 714 home runs. A wealth of homeruns. And yet three people ave hit more. I include Josh Gibson from the Negro League who hit over 900 homers during his career. Was Ruth wealthy? Yes. Was it enough? Think Roger Maris, Sammy Sosa, Mark Macguire, and Barry Bonds. They all passed Ruth's 60 homers in a single season, but the season got longer and three of them have been accused of using steroids to manufacture those runs. The point here is that people will continue to argue the fairness of comparing Ruth's legacy with those wo have followed him. But when Ruth retired nobody would have argued that his record was not spectacular, except Ty Cobb, and nobody liked him anyway.

Another thought on the edge of your question is the costs of wealth. If you have it others want it. They will try and take it, so; you have to spend it to protect it, or you lose it. What's more if you have a wealth of fame your life is not your own. You have no privacy and your right to privacy is not necessarily protected. Think Howard Hughes. He spent the greater part of his life in seclusion. He spent a fortune to make that so. And yet, he died the richestman of his time and one of the most famous ones too. Didn't they just get through making another movie about him? Hmmm.

Things are what they are, no more, no less, no blessing, no curse.

Answer 3

It can be a curse if you do not realize what wealth really is. An example: I can have a billion dollars...and the only REAL difference between me and a dude with only $10 is that I have more green paper than he does. Now, it is true that this green paper can do a lot but it is still exactly that...green paper. And although I have a billion dollars the dude with ten may be richer than me if he has no debts and his conscious is clear. I believe that wealth is not always money, and money is not always wealth. It helps a lot to have money, but if you blind yourself with it and stop understanding the things that DO matter, then it may become a curse. If you have a lot of money...realize that green paper is not all its cracked up to be...use it to help people that don`t have a home, clothes, food to eat...the result is something that green paper can`t buy.

Answer 4

Wealth is certainly a blessing when you dont have enough and a curse when you have finished spending on all the things that you had thought you would spend on when you would get it and still have a lot left.It is not always possible to be judicious in such situations. If you have a sane head on a healthy body no amount of money can be a curse.

Answer 5

It really depends on the person because:

1.) Wealth is not good or evil only people can be this
2.) Different people will do different things with the cash

example:

Karen blows her million on crystal meth and male prostitutes

John smokes dope and gives half of it to charity

Ellen drinks her fortune but always buys drinks for everyone

Dean buys guns and robs banks

Bill and Sean open up a homeless shelter and sell weed out of the back door

Mr. **** invests his million and doubles his fortune. Then he buys a house in the country and lives quietly away fromsociety never bothering a soul. He leaves the money to his children.

So the CURSE depends on who all is da person man!

Answer 6

I think wealth can be both a blessing and a curse.
A blessing because then you can buy whatever you want.
But a curse, because you can become trapped by it.
Once you have wealth and are able to buy anything you want, you then become spoiled to it and if someday for some reason you may lose that wealth, then your world as you know comes to an end.
So yes, I do believe it could be both.

Answer 7

Utterly depends on what you do with it, how it changes your life, if you actually let it, and how you dispense it.

In my opinion, it's a blessing if it keeps your family with a roof over their heads, clothes on their backs, and food on the table, AND if you share it with others.
It's a curse if you keep it to yourself. Might not seem like it at the time while you're driving down rodeo drive or madison ave. in your BMW with your gucci suit on, zooming by those who wear black garbage bags in winter and eat the grade A steak you s h i t out. But mark my word, it'll become a curse when you get to judgement day, and those who once wore garbage bags are holding the list to Heaven, or forming the lines for reincarnation and control whether you come back as cat who gets run over nine times or a dog who gets to live in the country with a nice owner and a steak for dinner every night :-)

Wealth... but then who has time to make that much money anyway... s h i t, I'm going fishing ;-)

peace.

Answer 8

When one has more than enough wealth, then that person is greatly blessed. The issue here is more that peoples concept of wealth is strickly on their money or material possessions. My idea of wealth, would be a loving wife, kids, close extended family, comfortable surroundings, and enough money to meet all of my loved ones needs. Say my wife loves me more than I can dream of or I have more children than I could ask for, then I would have more than enough wealth and would see that as a great blessing.

Answer 9

It is a blessing if you choose to help others, make the world a better place and lessen the burden of anyone else. It is a curse if you think you were given the money just to satisfy your own wants and desires therefore setting yourself up for a poor judgment in heaven.

Answer 10

I would say this about it: It would be a blessing to the people that you help with the money and it can possibly make the world a better place because of it. Do a good deed to those in need, they do a good deed, and so on, and so on. It spreads like wild fire. Take for example: Bill Gates, Tiger Woods, Oprah, Angelina and Brad Pitt...the list goes on.
"For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also"
Matthew 6:19-21

Answer 11

Both. It is a blessing because it allows the person to give to those who need help. It is a curse, however, if the person seeks to hold on to it. Wealth ahs to be managed and that costs money. Isn't easier to just let go of it? Those who are givers will find that God will provide for them no matter how much they give. Those who hoard what they have will loose it all and die penniless.