I mean good honest working people go to work everyday to job they probaly don't like and still can not get ahead. What can u do you? If god created all of us equal then why is there rich people and poor peolpe, why aren't we all rich are all poor?
2006-07-09 16:22:51 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
God gave you all the tools the rich people have. You just refuse to get off your lazy butt and change things.
2006-07-09 16:25:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to realize that the idea of having more is perpetual . . . The more people have, the more they want . . . it is in our nature to do so . . . The key is to find contentment in what you have. You also have to realize that even a millionaire could lose every penny he has in an instant . . . that is their greatest fear! Even those who "have it all" have trouble being content . . . they either want more, or they spend their time trying to find ways to "guarentee" that they won't lose it somehow (which usually includes making more money . . .) Besides, you can't take it with you . . . Also, God did not CREATE some people to be rich and some poor . . . He created us all equal and some used what he gave us to get farther than others . . . sometimes in dishonest ways . . . It really comes down to a matter of whether or not we are trustworthy enough to be given more than what we already have . . . If you have debt, what makes you think you DESERVE any more money?? . . . First, you should pay back WHAT YOU OWE and then see about asking for more . . . Besides, if you DO happen to be in any amount of debt and you paid it all off, then you would have alot more money than you do now . . .
2006-07-09 16:39:12 · answer #2 · answered by Lee C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Getting ahead is not just a matter of gaining material wealth. I'm as poor as anyone. I live with it daily. We only have just enough money to pay our bills and maybe go out to eat once or twice a month. But we're happy with each other and we continue trying to improving ourselves. I, at 64, and my wife, at 67, are both disabled and dependent on social security, medicare, and the VA for my medical help. But we are who we are and satisfied that we're doing the best we know how with what we have. Life is not a matter of accumulation of riches. This is one of the major teachings Jesus tried to impart but has been lost in the poppycock and rigamarole of what passes for Christianity today.
Learn to be happy with yourself and who you are. Learn to accept yourself as you are for what you are, and accept your neighbor in the same manner. Stop looking for things to make you happy. Happiness begins with an inward journey and everyone has to take the road to understand the meaning of that statement.
God didn't make people rich or poor. People have done that for themselves and too themselves and blamed or blessed "God" for each in its turn. "God" didn't invent or create money or wealth. If you can't believe that, then look at nature and show me any other creature on the planet that uses a medium of exchange for its daily needs. Then I might believe your idea. Until then, the answer is to work at what you love and love the work you do. If you can't do both, you're doing the wrong thing. Get away from it and find that one thing that fulfills both requirements and money will no longer be that important to you.
I promise.
Good luck.
2006-07-09 16:37:25 · answer #3 · answered by quietwalker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The richer becomes richer and the poor becomes poorer is always the saying. But the poor people are happier with their life because they are surrounded with the love they needed where the rich people need money to buy their love. Poor people have come to terms with their live so they are contended therefore they are happy. The rich people are chasing to keep up with the pace so they are miserable because they do not even have time for himself and also they can't afford to fall from such heights. Life is too tired for him.
2006-07-09 16:34:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If worrying about your monetary status in life is all you do, then no matter how much you acquire its NEVER GONNA BE ENOUGH- and even the richest man can be poor in spirit. It's a matter of perspective. Change your perspective, shift it away from money to what's on the inside, and realize that some things are worth more than money- and it's exactly those things that make us "rich" and give us our greatest source of true "happiness" and inner peace.
2006-07-09 16:28:20 · answer #5 · answered by It's Ms. Fusion if you're Nasty! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok I'll tell you why , because the rich people are smart enough to become rich , they know where to be to do that . it doesn't mean your not smart or you don't deserve as much as them. but they just knew how to do it .either through degree's or what not. i guess the most important thing isn't if your living it up because your rich , but making enough to be able to survive in this world. and i bet you anything its not only poor people who want more , rich people always want more too , they work themselves to death just making more money its pretty bad but they do , its never enough for them either
2006-07-09 16:44:42 · answer #6 · answered by jojo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In answer to your first question, they can be happy with their lives because not everybody is concerned with wealth. There really are some people that are happy just to have a roof over their heads, food on the table and a healthy family. Not everyone in this world is as greedy as you apparently are.
As far as your question about God, I can't answer that since I don't believe in creationism.... but I'm sure the bible must say something about it.
2006-07-09 16:29:20 · answer #7 · answered by MELISSA B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i was a trust fund baby my dad had 2 planes and 12 homes in the us one day when he died my mom lost everything i was in law school and had to work 3 jobs to pay for school and im blessed to be doing well now im not mega rich like i grew up but that was my lifes most valuable lesson not to mention 4 yrs ago i had cancer paying cash for hospital stay laying next to a lady with medicaid while the nurse just tossed my new 6,000$ hermes hand bag in the closet I could care less there was nothing my money could do to save my life and my treatment was the same as the lady next to me the money doesnt mean crap its how you enjoy it and give back to others i still deal with my husbands crap and clean the only difference is im driving a mercedes thinking of all my problems i have two kids with autism and i would give up everything to have them well so my point is as not as good as you think.also dont do bad to others and good will come to you did i mention my dad was in organized crime it doesnt pay.
2006-07-09 16:58:20 · answer #8 · answered by nicole l 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot know how lucky you are ?
just depends where you are born.
humble people are happier that many riches
as they have not yet met with greed .
I traveled 30 years 80 countrys ,
i have seen happyness in the eyes of the poor .
and tears in the eyes of the well of.
2006-07-09 16:43:45 · answer #9 · answered by john s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My husband and I aren't poor but we aren't rich either...We have had a lot of money troubles but you know what we have love and if you have love that can get you thru anything..And we are happy !! You are what you make yourself if you want to live life being mad then your life is going to be a sad one..Then there is our children and grandchildren ..Without them life wouldn't be .......It's what you make it
2006-07-09 18:07:49 · answer #10 · answered by Mrs. M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋