Funny how some folks' idea of "success" would be pure Hell for some of us. Even funnier that they would be as miserable in our shoes as we'd be in theirs.
Money is a tool, not an end, and while enough is nice, ridiculous amounts likely wouldn't do a heck of a lot of good. I don't drink, smoke, (although I like a bit of smokeless tobacco from time to time), love coffee, but seldom take so much as an aspirin otherwise. I don't want a building named after me, a statue in the park, or to be POTUS with all the hassle involved. That much power involves equal temptation to abuse it, and with the increase in the number of folks out there I'd admittedly be content to slap, It'd be a sore temptation, indeed.
Better to live a humble life and be at peace with myself, my family, my friends, and my God.

That's just about right. I ain't made for power. I know, as I have been there. All I got was a fat head. Money? Been both ways, with it and without it... makes no real nevermind. I can be happy as a dog on the porch living out of a school bus back up in the sticks, and wanting for nothing. I guess that's where the perspective is different - When a man has liberty, he can make do about anywhere and be alright.,, So all that pomp and circumstance comes of little value.

That's a thing for a speculation exercise... A little navel gazing... If you walked out on the porch tomorrow morning and tripped over a million bucks in gold bricks, what would change in your life?

Me, if I had all that, I might have a nicer truck... maybe a 4 wheeler or a side-by-side... maybe a bitchin jeep for banging around on the backroads... I might could buy the rest of that land up in the holler... I'd have a hella fine shop outfitted I suppose... But it really wouldn't change all that much.

Heck, the most of it would be sitting on the shelf, waiting on the grand kids, I suppose.

And that says something I think. What you are at your core, should not be amenable to change. And that mere money would do little says I am pretty well where I am supposed to be,

These kids won't be bored if they're let outside to explore. I was constantly outside as a kid. I was out before dawn, I'd come home to eat and then back outside until way dark.

yep. but before we got our first BB guns, these always came with us:

Mattel had a lot of fun toys, including booby traps....

So what? Where I am from wealth is measured in health, friends,  and family... Money don't mean sh*t to me.

Again, so what? IS that to be envied somehow? I wouldn't take that job for nothing. It is enough for me that I have captained my own ship since I was 18 years old.... I been rich, and I been poor. And I been happy in both conditions.

What is your fixation with THINGS? Who the hell would want such a thing, in the middle of a sh*thole city? Good God, but I would not want that. You couldn't give me that crap.

Meh. not my kind. Too high maintenance, and she sure as hell ain't going to be happy to be up in the holler. I wouldn't have her. The kind of woman that WOULD be happy up in the holler is the kind for me.

Again, wouldn't want it.

The only paper on the wall that means anything to me is over in the outhouse, so...

As a matter of fact yes I do... Other than the alcohol part, which doesn't matter, as none are alcoholic. None do drugs, and never have.

Wholesomeness is defined by whether one drinks alcohol or coffee? Are you kidding me? Not around here it ain't. And if I have a beer or some shine now and then, hell even if I kick up my heels a bit at a shindig somewhere, what the hell does that have to do with the measure of a man? That I do no HARM in it is all that matters. The rest is no business of yours. And so what if I drink coffee?

Nope. But I have defended my share of fair maidens... Have held out my hand to help folks up, have done right by folks that needed it. Which is the same damn thing.

Sp he's a lightweight. S'alright I won't hold it against him. No really - ANYONE who has their own business burns the candle at both ends. It's how it works. It is not admirable, but merely expected.

He reaps what he sows.

HAHAHAHA! Oh he's getting paid alright. Just because he ain't picking up his gubmint check don't mean he ain't getting paid.

Never had a complaint myself in that regard.

You threw this same bullcrap on me before. I told you then, and I meant it: There ain't a damn thing I want that he has. I abhor his lifestyle. I can't stand cities and pompous mansions, or tennis courts and fancy balls. Good lord, but I shudder at the thought of living that way in a sh*thole city. I find fault in a man that needs all that, and consider it weakness. So why would you accuse me of envy of that which I abhor? 1000 dollar suits? The guy is a dumass for spending that kind of money on something I wouldn't use if you gave it to me. Might as well cut it up for shop rags.

So don't impose your shallow measure of a man on others. you have no idea what you are talking about.

Funny how some folks' idea of "success" would be pure Hell for some of us. Even funnier that they would be as miserable in our shoes as we'd be in theirs.
Money is a tool, not an end, and while enough is nice, ridiculous amounts likely wouldn't do a heck of a lot of good. I don't drink, smoke, (although I like a bit of smokeless tobacco from time to time), love coffee, but seldom take so much as an aspirin otherwise. I don't want a building named after me, a statue in the park, or to be POTUS with all the hassle involved. That much power involves equal temptation to abuse it, and with the increase in the number of folks out there I'd admittedly be content to slap, It'd be a sore temptation, indeed.
Better to live a humble life and be at peace with myself, my family, my friends, and my God.

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