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Feb 12, 2019
9:46:33am
gwalker All-American
Human beings worry way too much about money and who has more. I'm not talking
about worrying about having a decent house, safety and food on the table. Those are legitimate worries. After that, we spend way too much time either looking down on somebody or being jealous of somebody. I grew up in an area that was considered worse off economically than other parts of the metropolitan area. People from my area were legitimately looked down on by those from other places sometimes. And people from my area also undoubtedly inferred and perceived slights that weren't really there. It wasn't like I lived in a big city area with government housing that was overrun with gangs or anything. It was middle class, tilting toward upper middle class. Very well off by much of the world's standards. Just not compared to some of the surrounding areas.

Now I live in a different area that is middle class. In a city with some people who are very well off and others who are poor, but the vast majority are in the middle. For some reason, the high school my kids attend has been known as the "rich school." My son who is on his mission happened to meet a sister missionary from another part of town. They were initially excited about the connection. Then she told him where she went to high school and asked which high school he had attended. When he answered, she said, "Oh. One of the rich kids." And then turned around and walked away. And the thing is I don't think my son or I have ever looked down on people from the area of the other school. In fact, I think both areas are pretty similar economically. And we certainly aren't what I would call "rich."

In the big picture, feeling superior for having more money or inferior for having less are monumentally needless and useless sentiments.
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