Be Wealthy and Near To Humanity, Not Wealthy and Far From Humanity

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Overtime we have seen people who have made it from rag to serious riches. The story of how their wealth has been made is clear and well documented. Many of these wealthy people have practiced well known principles of hard-work, delayed gratification, investment, etc. And yes they are living the life that money people crave to have.

Along their journeys of either growing wealth or being born in it, some choose to remain humble while others choose to live a life that is full of pride. They tend to close out or help humanity, whatever their choice is, it is at their discretion. 

I listened to this mind boggling video and Chris Ryan, the author of 'Civilized to Death: The price of progress' says that Rich people have the tendency to distance themselves from people because pf their wealth differential. In this video he mentions quite a number of things that will cause you to "Think". 

The nicest thing a wealthy person can do is to welcome people, accommodate them, share their knowledge, open their hearts, share a meal with those who they say of of low status, guide, impart, empower, and transform their lives. 

I recently had a chat with my wife and we were talking about a story that has been shared countless times on WhatsApp forums. The story is about a rich man who used to give his condolences (money, here in Uganda, we call it "Mabugo") instead of going for a funeral. His money would speak for him. One day he lost someone and his gate was wide open and no one entered, the locals decided to do the same thing he always did, they sent their "Mabugo-Condolence money" instead of going to mourn with him. Why did they do that? instead of walk through his gate. This kind of alienation brings about Isolation, when it is time for mourning, more than ever we need humanity more than money. 

It is written that it is better to be in the house of mourning than of laughter. In times of pain, people need a touch, words of kindness and comfort, they need warmth more than the material resources we send them and above all they need is "You"- 

People comfort better than money does, people have feelings, money doesn't. People understand, money doesn't, it only facilitates many processes, as you give money, give more of yourself. 

My encouragement to someone out there reading this is that as you grow, don't be far from humanity be close to it. Theodore Roosevelt once said, that, "No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care"

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