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Originally Posted by Liara Covert  To borrow the quote offered by trekr5: Oprah says "I can see how being poor will help anyone." Consider the lives of people like Mother Teresa, Mahatmas Gandhi, Martin Luther and others who have had dreams to change the lives of the less fortunate. They did more than inspire without having lots of money. We shouldn't limit our thinking to believe that we must have money to make a difference.  |
I feel like I am repeating myself...
None of Gandhi, MLK, or Mother Teresa were
poor. They led simple lives, yes, but they didn't starve (except vouluntarily in Ghandi's case), they weren't beggers and they didn't
not have anything they needed. They had lives of
simple abundance.
Do you really think that if MT had said 'I want a BMW' That someone somewhere wouldn't have just given her one? She didn't have one because she didn't wan't one. She wanted to be knee deep in a leper colony to feel fulfilled.
But that
isn't the only way to feel fulfilled or contribute to society. Nor does the fact that X person doesn't want a BMW that I am greedy because I do.
Plus, if you want to put it into statistical terms, I am pretty sure Bill gates, and Warren Buffet have both helped more
individuals than Mother Teresa has, and they are
still helping more every day.
How? Because they
have the money to have dozens or even hundreds of people working to help, instead of just having themselves to give personally.
You
can change the world with little money. But that doesn't make it the
only way or the
better way. Plus it is easier to change the world when you aren't struggling to feed yourself every day.
Because money is nothing more than
portable value. Money by itself is useless. You can't do anything with money. You can't eat it, can't build with it, can grow anything from it. It is only useful as a representation of value.
poor = no money = you aren't generating value for
yourself or others.