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OneGrassRoot

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21. This should be an op-ed.

Tue Dec 27, 2011, 06:00 AM

Dec 2011

Thank you for sharing the story about your "greed is good" friend. I don't recall reading that before.

You DID have quite the insight back then, and I'm glad you said it out loud. There's something very, very powerful about what you said. "All your riches would be worthless because right now you are rich because others just think you are rich."

And this: "...one just has to know their limits and needs, and when simply enough is enough."

One of my most persistent pet peeves is that so many people aren't honest with themselves...about quite a few things. They lie to themselves to justify their level of "enough." We humans lie to ourselves quite a bit, in my experience.

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Thriving [View all] OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 OP

I struggle with this too OGR mntleo2 Dec 2011 #1

Your 2 cents are always priceless, Cat... OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #4

at what point does preparation or saving become hoarding? magical thyme Dec 2011 #6

Good question... OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #8

To me this is *not* hoarding ... mntleo2 Dec 2011 #11

If you never eat the food BlueToTheBone Dec 2011 #14

Personally, I do feel there is something wrong with wealth mntleo2 Dec 2011 #20

This should be an op-ed. OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #21

so much to say FirstLight Dec 2011 #2

I struggle with the inequities magical thyme Dec 2011 #3

The two words that come to mind all the time... OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #5

Hoarding Celebration Dec 2011 #7

See my reply #6. OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #9

yes, I am not in favor of conspicuous consumption Celebration Dec 2011 #10

Do you personally... OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #12

eh, no, I don't really think there should be imposed limits on wealth Celebration Dec 2011 #23

That would be a much more perfect world indeed. OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #24

I've thought about this and acted many ways BlueToTheBone Dec 2011 #13

Absolutely...thriving, "wealth"... OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #15

I really don't know.. Why Syzygy Dec 2011 #16

LOL! OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #17

Amen to THAT, LOL! mntleo2 Dec 2011 #18

I'm not antagonistic to the idea that a person can have too much. bigmonkey Dec 2011 #19

Perhaps... OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #22

Something else.. Why Syzygy Dec 2011 #25

Most of the 1%'ers (though not all, imho)... OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #26

Limiting income Why Syzygy Dec 2011 #27

Thank you :) OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #28

I think I misread Why Syzygy Dec 2011 #29

Yep, you're right, of course. OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #30