Do you believe that if you are born poor, it is not your mistake but if you die

@annierose (19186)
Philippines
May 2, 2012 9:50pm CST
poor, it is your mistake? I personally believe on that. It is not our wish to be born from a poor family but we can always find a way get out of poverty. We have to be creative and resourceful on how can we have money for a living. We have to be patient in looking for a good job and once we have a job, we should love it. Once we are having a good income, we should save even a little of it every day. However, no matter how big an income of a person is, as long as he doesn't use it wisely, in the end, he will still be poor.
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@megamatt (14292)
• United States
3 May 12
Well there are many circumstances in life where no matter what happens, in the end, some people cannot catch a single break at all. Granted, it is not like some of these people who tried. Those who do not try at bettering themselves, who bemoan about their state of life, who talk about how their life is just full of misery and woe, those people really are to shoulder a lot of the blame. Of course those people who try and try and try and keep trying, but ultimately fail, it is no fault of their own. They just cannot be right in the right place, at the exact right time. As a result, people will fall right directly on their face and the problems with that will occur. And those people who do gain money, but ultimately blow it all, thus going back to square one, those people are frustrating. But there are many reasons why people are born poor and die poor.
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@annierose (19186)
• Philippines
5 May 12
Hi megamatt, Life is always full of surprises. I also wonder on those people that keep on complaining on their lives, yet do not do any actions for them to get out of poverty. They love to gamble instead to look for a job. What worst is that, their children also follow their path. And that will be the cycle of endless poverty. Well, you have the point too about those people who keep on trying but still no improvement happening. Maybe there is just one thing missing or there is just something wrong that serves as an obstacle for them to achieve what they want in life.
@nicegilr (214)
3 May 12
i want o be very rich in the world and want to enjoy this world I born neither poor nor much rich but I want to be rich !
@annierose (19186)
• Philippines
5 May 12
I agree with Jatada's advice. Knowledge is considered a wealth too. And knowledge is a kind of wealth that no one can steal from you. Keep working hard nicegilr for your dreams. Nothing is impossible. Just have faith in God and belief in yourself. Never stop dreaming and I know time will come you can be what you want in the future.
@Jatada (291)
• India
3 May 12
If you want to become rich than my advice is that become rich in knowledge because money get lost if you have no knowledge.But with it no one can steal it away from you
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
8 May 12
Interesting take on this, and in a lot of ways this is the Truth, even though there are still a lot of people out there who beg to differ with you. There are so many people out there who claim once in the Welfare system, especially if you are born into it that is where you will stay, and never have anything. I have heard of so many people out there though who have broken this cycle and it is Good. Truly it is up to the individual and anyone can succeed at anything in life if they really put their mind to it. So yes, in a lot of ways this really is the Truth.
@annierose (19186)
• Philippines
9 May 12
We don't have to do anything because we always have a choice except for some things like your parents and in the status you were raised. Getting ourselves out of poverty doesn't happen in just a snap of a finger. We have to work hard on it day by day. When we are trying to achieve or improve something, we should remember that there are no limits, only expectations.
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@barehugs (8973)
• Canada
3 May 12
There are no accidents, happenings, or chances in this life. Everyone reincarnates into the life of his or her choice. If you choose to be poor in this life, perhaps you were rich in your past life and it's your choice to balance your karma. We are here to experience life in the third dimension, which explains our need to involve ourselves in every conceivable life experience!
@annierose (19186)
• Philippines
5 May 12
I respect your opinion barehugs. It is nice reading different opinions in this post. It broadens my mind and I think the mind of also the other mylotters. Happy mylotting!
@Jatada (291)
• India
3 May 12
That was brilliant concept and i am with you.You are right it is our mistake if we die as a poor.But saving money is right but upto some limit and become dangerous if limit crossed.So dont become over savvy and enjoy life at full.
@annierose (19186)
• Philippines
5 May 12
Too much or too little of something is bad. I agree with you that we should consider saving money even how little it is. Saving money every day or every time you get your salary will be beneficial in the future. Wise spending must be done too. Before we buy our wants, we must think first of our needs. Happy mylotting!
• Philippines
3 May 12
hi, i completely disagree,it is not your mistake but if you die poor it is your fault, why?because even if we are born from poor family, we have the choices not to be like them, there are so many ways in this world to have, acquire money,have a good income for ourselves,for our family and for our savings,its just a mind setting,you need to find your lack by using your talent,your resources and many more to mention.
@annierose (19186)
• Philippines
5 May 12
hi gracepadirog, I think you got me wrong. What I mean is that if you were born poor it is not your fault. It is because you cannot choose your parents or the life status of the family where you will be raised. However, once you die poor, it is already your fault. Why? It is because you did not nothing to get out of the poverty. Life is a matter of choice and if we just keep on trying hard to have a good life, we can have it once we have the full determination.
• Mexico
3 May 12
Hi annie: I don't completely agree with you. There are some events that are out of your control like the global economy, a disaster, an illness, a bad person in your life that could make that you lose your money no matter how wise you are. Of course we have a lot of control on our future and it's our responsibility to do our best to be successful on what we do. We can't blame our past but don't be so hard because there are some situations we can't control. ALVARO
@annierose (19186)
• Philippines
5 May 12
Thanks for responding alvaro. Yes, I do agree with you too about those parts that sometimes even if we don't want too, there are some circumstances that is not within our control. Thanks for sharing with us your thoughts.
• India
3 May 12
I believe that it is quite ununlucky to born as a poor. If a person is born as poor it doesn't need to become poor at all the time. Current devotation and current determination makes you to have your dreams into reality and remember that it is the person's mistakd to die as a poor.
@annierose (19186)
• Philippines
5 May 12
Thanks for the respond wonderboy. We cannot choose whom our parents or our status will be but once we are already in this world, we can have a choice. It is to remain in the poverty or to work hard to get out from unwanted condition in life. My parents were as poor as rats before but because we are struggling hard, we are now having an improvement in our life.