RE: Sam’s Hangout #116 - “MONEY AND CHARACTER”

I.
Some people often say money brings out the original you, and I want to say that is true to some extent, just that I would love to rephrase it, that money just removes the boundaries/embargos/limits that has been weighing them down or holding them back and then help reveal who they originally are.

There will definitely be changes, you can't expect a change in someone's finances to not affect and show in them. I've seen people who are generous even when they had very little do much more when they became very successful, they began to extend their helping hands to where they couldn't reach before, and I've seen those who have been "arcagon," continue to be stingy when they become rich, and when you look very well, you realize that they've been like that from the very start. Same goes to those who you feel became arrogant when money came, nah, they've always been arrogant, the signs have always been there we just didn't pay much attention. Money only made it more glaring and gave them the confidence to now do and show it openly.

Poverty is a bæstard, aswr 🤣. It will force you to behave in certain ways and do certain things. Tell me how rich and successful people react to insults and draggings, and compare it to how poverty would make a poor man react to it. Even when you need help, there are a lot for things you just have to bear, just so you could receive the help, a rich man/woman wouldn't tolerate it, such wouldn't come his/her way.

But when money comes all of those things will be nowhere to be found. I would love to liken money/wealth to a Torchlight, and human to a plate that has food inside of it, but then no one can really see what's inside the plate/bowl. So, when wealth comes as a Torchlight and it shines inside the plate whatever is in there becomes visible. If it is generosity, kindness, humility it becomes more obvious, and if it shines and it meets greed, selfishness, pride and the likes in it, it will become more obvious.

In short, when money comes in, whatever is inside of you become more obvious.

II.
..."Extremely wealthy.."
That's huge. Well, it I become extremely wealthy it's very sure that a lot of things about me and life will change. We should all be honest with ourselves, I stay in a one room apartment at the moment and wealth comes and you expect me not to change environment, common. I'm going to use money to charge at the moment and wealth will come and I wouldn't go to install solar all over... Common now.

Those might be little changes, my point is change will definitely come. Lifestyle would improve, connections will come, people will find me, brands will look for me, my status will change, access to people and places of power would become more easy.

But the part I would want to protect in me is the humility. I know things will change even still, I . wouldn't want to be proud. I have a lot of things about me, like checking in on people, helping the little way I could, playing and being around kids and all, and those are things I wouldn't want to allow wealth to take away from me. Also, I understand struggle so well,. I've been in situations where I really struggled and blamed poverty for a lot of things, and for that I would want to be someone who can help those that are struggling out, not just helping but being someone that's approchable. Wealth has it's own way of creating distance, wealth has its way of making you feel you're better than others and that is something I wouldn't want to give in to.

Like I said earlier, it won't be that easy because to whom much is given, much is expected, with great wealth comes great change.... Obvious changes. So, I would want to protect that humble and respectful side of me. If I can remain humble and respectful then that's all for me.

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