Everyone has experienced it. Some do on a daily basis. Those that think they have a better job, or more money, better life think they are better than everyone else. Someone somewhere fills their head with these ideas that what happens at work or what you do for a living defines who you are. When you meet someone new they ask what you do for a living, just so they can compare themselves to you. If you come back with I work for McDonalds then you are automatically a bum, lazy or stupid.
In my mind when I come across this brainwashing, I imagine if that person were to lose their job or money, then hey you're not so high and mighty anymore are you? I try to remind people that we are all the same. What we do for money does impact the standard of living we have, but it does not makes us any better or worse than anyone else.
If the economy were to collapse tomorrow, where would these people be? Thats right, they'd be scrounging around just like the rest of us. I believe everyone needs to keep such things in the proper perspective, and stay as grounded as possible. Just because someone earns more money does not make them a better person, after all what do we really need in life? Fancy cars, big house, cool toys sure why not. If thats what makes you happy then by all means go for it. I believe in the saying the things you own end up owning you. I have met few people that this was not true.
When you buy a home, what is generally the first thing you do? You run out and buy lots of furniture, kitchen necessities, tv etc. What the result is you have lots of new stuff and either lots of credit card debt or a smaller wallet. These new things keep you satisfied for a little while until one day you're looking to replace it or upgrade. This is what I like to call the endless cycle. People will spend the rest of their lives not realizing they dont need a 5000 title movie collection, or the $3000 tv that you can live with the $500 tv and not bat an eye at it. Oh look! Im not broke! Wow!
Moral here is unless you're the person who never looks down on anyone, or surround yourself with the unnecessary, and believe me theres a lot more then we all need to stop and think about how we treat people or what we do in our free time.
In my younger days, I thought of nothing but what I could buy next. The result of that was $10000 of credit card debt and bad credit. Everyday I continued to make bad decisions that seemed okay at the moment but in the end I ended paying for dearly. My vision of hell or reincarnation is being born again into the same bad situation again and again, and not learning from your mistakes. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result? Then I believe most of us are legally insane.
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