Those who are extremely wealthy earn respect and have prestige all to themselves. You practically float above the crowd and are treated completely differently.

Whoever has money calls the shots, and whoever has little has to cope with flops, bad luck and mishaps. Fair or not, the world is divided into these two camps. Not everyone is born extremely wealthy, but those who become so in the course of their lives are set for life. Wealth today is what gives you worth. Small savers never reach their goal, because they only get by and nothing more. It's a topic that makes the rounds and is reflected in every layer of society.

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Does being extremely wealthy have to do with arrogance?

Be honest, hand on heart: the big car and the flashy watch, don't some people turn pale with envy? Wouldn't you like to have joined in, or are you glad for what you have? After all, wealth can be exhausting, and spending money needs careful thought too. Does it have to be a yacht, the luxury vacation, and should it be designer jewelry yet again? High-carat and in gleaming gold, it at least makes women's eyes light up. Those born extremely wealthy know nothing else and aren't arrogant. The nouveau riche, on the other hand, are, because they feel better off.

Not everyone can be extremely wealthy

We know that, otherwise unemployment figures wouldn't be so high. There would also be no food banks and homeless shelters.

Very few are, but how did they come into so much money?

• Through a lottery win
• Through marriage
• Through family
• With a brilliant business idea
• Through an inheritance or a gift
• Certainly not through hard work

Well, all you can do is pray and hope that you'll belong to the chosen few someday. The lottery may make it possible, but the odds are somewhat limited. Wealth is relative, they say, but it isn't bad. Just look at the well-heeled: they are extremely wealthy and show us the good sides of life. Still, for most people money isn't everything, and they live happily and contentedly anyway. Pure luxury, every dream fulfilled and yet unhappy, that is also commonplace. So true enrichment comes only from within.

Being extremely wealthy has nothing to do with contentment

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Today, thresholds have become established in our society. There are the poor, the rich and the almost withered middle class. But being extremely wealthy has nothing to do with happiness and contentment. A villa with a pool and a Porsche are prestige and are about power and "look who I am." So contentment lives within ourselves. If we are healthy and have a positive outlook on life, that's called happiness. And that is worth more than all the money in the world. So being extremely wealthy can also mean the opposite. All that glitters is not gold, and we have to keep that in mind. May everyone who is extremely wealthy be granted the chance to share their fortune, as some famous role models do. Poor children, animals and people in need could benefit from donations and their involvement. Then the world would be fair, and one more benefactor would reduce suffering and misery. But perhaps, with the extremely wealthy, that remains only a dream.