Another definition of Being Wealthy

It suddenly occurred to me that the rat race I am immersed in do not necessarily have to be a greedy selfish affair between me and the world, for me to become wealthy. Of course that is the traditional point of view, and that is why the getting rich game is labelled as a rat race. However, the second definition of being wealthy is equally rewarding and satisfying.

A definition of being wealthy.

A definition of Wealthy

In this definition, being wealthy is never about the amount of money you earn or spend. It is like water in a cup. But it is never about amount of water in the cup. It is about the "Status" about the cup being, full, empty or half empty. Imagine every one of us carrying a cup with us. And by trying to be rich we toil with others on trying to get it full. We beg, we confront, we clash, we cry, we triumph. And I can imagine 100 people in a room with half empty cups trying to get water from each other's pot (we call this fundamental problem of economics or optimal distribution of scarce resources, like money). And I call this room the scheme of capitalism at work. In this game the guy with the biggest cup with highest amount of water wins. It seems something is twisted about the game and there is evil spirit behind numbers.

Consider a scenario, having the full cup is the end game. And there is option to trade cups. Instead of finding water, we can trade a cup and easily achieve status of being full. In fact, you will see when you have only a 100ml cup and your previous cup had 200 ml water you can easily donate 100 to others who are thirsty and dying. (You can call this true Philanthropy)

A Dream of future.

It is time we had a better system than capitalism. It had worked well and done miracles in advancement of technology and human knowledge. However, in the heart of it, the evil spirit of desire to be rich is there. It promotes things which are valuable, not necessarily ethical or good in long term. Better would be a system which is governed by the principles of generosity, contentment and co-operation on global scale. We will find more happy people in such a world than we find in traditional capitalism. As global connectivity is faster than ever, it is high time we explore such endeavors. This seems a good moral ambition to chance, however, you can just be happy chasing ducks in the park, if you trade a smaller cup than moral ambition or success.

Take home message -> You can be happy, either chasing more and achieving it physically, or morally. Or you can be content like Jim Carrey