Do you want to be comfortable or rotten rich?

@ronnyb (6113)
Jamaica
November 23, 2009 11:24am CST
Now many persons when asked this might say they want to be comfortable because many people think it is wrong to be rich beyond a certain point .They claim it is written in the bible that “money is the root of all evil” but is it really, or is it the love of money. Still some maintain that even if you start out with good intentions money somehow has the ability to corrupt you and they don’t want to be corrupted ,consequently they opt for a more modest existence of “just being comfortable” However what is being comfortable because for some it would having a million dollars ,a nice car (maybe a Toyota Camry” ,a nice house in the suburbs (four rooms and a pool) and a dog .Many on the other hand are comfortable with five yachts ,five houses , five cars (Benz ,Bmws etc) and twenty billion dollars. Consequently who defines comfortable and is it that the man with the twenty billion dollars is not what you call comfortable but wealthy but compared to Bill Gates he might only assessed as comfortable and Bill gates wealthy. Also what if you start out being comfortable and some bouts of misfortunes hits and the twenty million dwindles away to one million and then twenty thousand and all the cars and houses ,so wouldn’t it be better to wealthy and have a better cushion especially in these recessionary times ?. Finally is Bill Gates a monster for having so much money? Is he darned to hell ,Is he a bigger sinner than the beggar on the streets or you and I in our poverty stricken state (or maybe I should speak for myself here lol) So now do you want to be rich or just comfortable ?
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8 responses
• United States
23 Nov 09
I would rather be rotten rich lol since I dont just want to get by I want to have money for a lot of things to go on vacation and travel the world. So I would love to be rotten rich lol but I doubt I will ever be rich and ill probably just be comfortible which is still ok with me.
@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
24 Nov 09
Well you cant go wrong when you are rotten rich its a better cushion in these inflationary times
• India
21 Dec 09
Hello my friend ronnyb Ji, WEll , I have blind belief that "MONEY IS SOMETHING AND NOT EVERYTHING". Bible is 100% correct on this that money is the root cause of all eils in society. Another golden tip is that excess of everythin is bad, so why to think about more money. We have sufficient and we do not want at all. May God bless You and have a great time.
@jdyrj777 (6530)
• United States
24 Nov 09
Being comfortable would be nice.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
23 Nov 09
HAPPY MONDAY RONNYB, iT IS TOO LATE FOR MR TO BE RICH BUT I AM VERY BLESSED TO HAVE WHAT I DO & AM THANKFUL FOR IT. I have all i need & want. I have never been a person that wants everything i see or see other people have. Wouldn't have done me any good if i had been that way. I admire ambition in any one & am glad to see people do well. i'm just glad i have what i have & it's paid for.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
25 Nov 09
There is nothing evil in being ‘rotten rich’ as you put it but there are only so many things one needs and after all one can only drive one car at a time! I am not an overly materialistic person and all I wish for me is not to have to worry about money as I do now. It would be nice to have enough for all I want and need to be happy; I would not need to be overly rich and if I were I would hope it would not change my character and that, instead of buying six new cars and diamond studded collars for my pets that I would take my surplus cash and share it amongst the ones who need it.
@wenjule (107)
• Jamaica
29 Nov 09
I want to be RICH! Who doesn't? Its how you make the money and what you basically do with it that highlights the evil factor. Once you've worked honestly for your wealth and not allow it to change you then I don't see where an issue is.
• United States
23 Nov 09
I just want enough money to be happy. comfortable is relative. " Rotten" rich is relative. I believe money just inhances the person't true nature. In other words if you are a giving , open person Before you hit it rich, the money will help you give more. If yu are a closed minded and hearted person, money will help you isolate yourself more.
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
23 Nov 09
I would rather be comfortable. I don't need all the fancy cars and clothing. I just want to be able to have enough money to take care of my family. Even if I am rotten rich, I can still lose all of my possessions and assets. So I would just choose to be comfortable. I just want to be satisfied.