I have lived at both ends of the spectrum, I grew up poor then made it into the big time through hard work I was in the top 0.1% of earners in the world it bought me everything a man could want apart from what really makes us happy. Love, peace & truth. Money cant buy those things it doesn't matter how high you go. I should have listened to my grandmother she could see my ambition when I was a child & warned me about it, I listened but never heeded her warning, She said, "You have ambition my boy & you will go all the way nothing will stop you because it's what you want but will it make you happy"? She was very right it took me some decades to find it out. I had it all too & then one day it dawned on me I didn't belong there it was what some addicts call an epiphany. I wasn't enjoying it at all I was pretending too it was cognitive dissonance I had bought into an ideal, It was me but it wasn't me truly. I dropped it all like a sack of potatoes I literally closed my bank account & gave all my money away & went to live off grid. My family thought I had gone mad & demanded I see a psychiatrist & I did only to appease them. That was hilarious she thought I was mad too when I walked in I looked so scruffy I was living rough it's how peoples perception works. About 10 minutes into her analysis she had changed her mind as I had started to analyze her. I had actually studied psychology of the human mind myself among many other things she was aghast at first she couldn't believe I was in the situation & that I had actually made a conscious decision to be there. It was the best decision I have ever made as far as happiness peace & the things that matter in life to me go. Money doesn't make anyone a better person it reveals them for who they really are it gives them that freedom & no more. Do things like expensive jewellery and fast cars make anyone happy? Sure for a short time until you get used to it then it becomes run of the mill & ordinary you eat the best food drink the best champagne eat caviar & meet pretentious parasites is what happens. No integrity it's payed for & it gives them a chip on the shoulder about the poor in general. I didn't fit in was an understatement I hated them they were fake. I gave to charity because I wanted too I felt for the cause. The people I knew gave & wore it like a badge of honour they only done it to make themselves look good. They never cared that there are babies starving to death in the world they had no empathy for it. I would hear things like "They shouldn't breed so much" & the like 'judgemental parasites' I thought most of them were born into wealth they have no appreciation of what life is. I couldn't be happier now I live on the street my friends are real friends we have each others backs there is so much more value in my life without money. I could go back tomorrow I was self employed I have no employer to impress I could get my hair cut have a shave & be back in major business by lunchtime some days I'm tempted if Ive had it hard. It's about what do we want out of life & what can we learn from it. For me I'm right where I belong it makes me laugh inside when people look down their noses at me & they do. Little do they realize that they are the ones suffering without wisdom not me. I have done a deal with several different churches & supermarkets & bakers in the area to take all their end of date food & distribute it to the poorest families in the area for free, Even they don't know me they just see a homeless guy call round with a crate of free food for them that can be a challenge in itself nobody wants to open the door to a hobo it takes a while to explain I'm trying to help. I also supply a homeless shelter & cook an evening meal for them at a scout hut. I am like an agony aunt for the homeless in the area I have talked countless people out of addiction Heroin Meth Alcohol Gambling. It's a rewarding life far more rewarding than wearing a Rolex & burning down the street in a Porsche pretending to be happy. No the rich don't envy the poor they have contempt for them which is a crying shame it means that they are self absorbed parasites in my opinion.