I can't agree that the people who enjoy life the most are the rich and powerful. From my experience (especially when I sold Mercedes to some of the richest people in the UK) they tend to be quite depressed characters with a high percentage suffering from alcoholism/drug abuse or other stress related illnesses. The constant cravings for more money, more power, more possessions simply mean that they are never satisfied with what they have, even if they retire (which many never do) they can't simply relax and appreciate life.
This weekend I am going on a short camping trip with my wife to meet up with friends we haven't seen for quite a few months, we will spend our days enjoying nature and our evenings talking around the campfire over cheap red wine. I can't see anyway that having more money or power would make us enjoy it more, unless it rains and our cheap tent springs a leak I suppose, then it might be "the winter of our discount tent" (sorry ;) There is a nice article on this subject at: http://eea.ethiopiaonline.net/Econ-foc/ef2-5/behrens.htm, it contains this story which is a favorite of mine: On holiday in a fishing village, an American businessman watches a local fisherman haul in a rather small catch. '' Why don't you stay out at sea longer and bring in more fish?'' the visitor inquires. "I like to spend my time playing with my children, taking a siesta with my wife, playing the guitar with my friends,'' the Mexican answers. The American is not impressed. ''If you worked harder you could buy a second fishing boat, then a whole fleet. You could head up a large corporation, move to New York and list it on Wall Street. Eventually you could sell your stock and become very rich. ''And then, senor?'' the fisherman asks. ''Then comes the best part'', the businessman replies. ''You retire. You move to a Mexican fishing village. You take a siesta with your wife and play with your children......'' > -----Original Message----- > From: Heald, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 04 September 2003 16:48 > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Bad choice of movies this weekend > > > And yet you still hang onto that lefty garbage gellie, see > the pattern? > > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 12:40 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Bad choice of movies this weekend > > > Bah. > > Hasn't history proven that its those that live life > practically, selfishly, and sometimes even ruthlessly that > enjoy this world the most? Who are the millionairres, the > business owners, the Presidents and world leaders? Saints? BS. > > I don't know why hollywood, books and movies keep trying ram > this , "Live your life good and good things will happen" crap > down our throats. It ain't totally true. > > It really must be a conspiracy. ;-) > > -Gel > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yeah! > > I didn't like the movie either. But in addition to what you > mention, I did come away with the "Dumb is Good" message. It > presents as a hero a person who's an idiot, yet this idiot > succeeds where intellegent people fail. Some people have > tried to explain it as a "God has a plan" or a "Zen" type > message, but that's bunk. That argument is just a promotion > of stupidity shrouded in an enticing package that leads to > the people crafting the fictional message subjugating the > people who believe it. > > </rant> > > -Kevin > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com
