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Zorba the Greek <zorba@angband.org> wrote:

>> No.
> I'm sorry. :(

Well, it had little or nothing to do with lack of money, so it's moot in that 
respect.  I'm the happiest I've ever been right now, and it may or may not have
something to do with the fact that I make good money.  ;-)

But I had to contest the assumption that one's childhood is necessarily the 
most carefree and fun time of one's life.  Gods, I hope not.

> The very reason money is easy to come by makes it an ineffective
> substitute for love or spirituality.

It's not a substitute by any stretch of the imagination, as I agreed in another
subthread.  Having money is no reason to stop looking for love or the truth of
life, but it certainly makes your life suck less while you're searching.

> You can certainly appreciate love and spirituality without ever having had
> much money.  Over 1bil people on this world are considered "poor" by our
> standards (and I'm being conservative with my estimate).  Yet, they are
> very spiritual, have close-knit families, and appear much more satisfied
> than we are.

We're speaking of very different planes of poverty, methinks.  I'm talking a
Maslow's-hierarchy-of-Needs level of poor, which I have thankfully never
experienced firsthand.  One will not seek to fulfill one's belongingness
needs until one is well fed and safe.

-- 
Josh Litherland (fauxpas@trellisinc.com)
 It is by caffeine alone that I set my mind in motion.
  It is by the juice of Mtn Dew that thoughts acquire speed.