NARA'S NOTEPAD
VOLUME 15
NOVEMBER 2019
NUMBER 11
Friday, November 1, 2019
THE RICH AND THE POOR
Although we can classify the people of the world into
various categories, I hereby classify them as ultra-super-rich, super-rich,
upper class rich, middle class rich, middle class poor, poor and very poor. Of
course, this classification is based on the economic levels of people. We can
put these categories of people in terms of numbers in a form of pyramid,
keeping the very poor as the base and the ultra-super-rich as the tip or top of
the pyramid. It tells us that in the world, irrespective of countries, the poor
are in largest numbers. This has been estimated by world statistical
organizations. Similarly, the ultra-super-rich are relatively less in number.
In between these two classes we find a range of categories from the poor to the
rich.
Let us consider the ultra-super-rich people in the
world. Some of the world renowned magazines used to publish the names of such
people along with their assets. Based on their assets they are classified.
These people are also referred as ultra high-net-worth individuals. They, in
fact, constitute roughly 0.003 per cent of the world population. It appears
that they hold 13 per cent of the world’s total wealth valued as $27 trillion.
This population is largest in USA followed by China, Germany, UK, and Japan.
India comes next to Japan.
These people are generally engaged in business,
industries, IT companies and the like. Some have the inherited properties from
their ancestors. In fact, they employ large number of other category of people
and pay them. In a way, they are the
employment creators. Apart from that they always think forward to make more
wealth. Thus they are the backbone of a country’s economy. They have good
connections with the ruling government and its politicians. Most of them are
honest (?), but some among them earn their wealth through illegal means and at
times they end up in prisons.
The other extreme of the pyramid – the very poor and
poor, suffer a lot because of various reasons. Most of them do not have enough
to eat, shelter to stay and work to do. They do have family with children and old-age people. The conditions in which they live are
not generally hygienic and clean. Therefore they are exposed to all kinds of
diseases. The poor look up to the next category to move up. For
which they need help. Such helps are provided by the governments to a certain
extent. Invariably these helps in the form of various schemes are implemented
not so effectively of course.
Health care, education and employment are the three
important things to uplift the very poor to poor, and poor to middle class
poor. Some people use these opportunities to come up life. Of course, we do see
in the news every day the poor drink and live a careless life. They do not make
a significant number as I think. A good number of men and women are hard
working and associate with their society.
The
intelligentsia of the educated world are doing all sorts of research in the
name of ‘development economics’ to
narrow down the gap between these categories. They discuss and debate to come
to propose changes in the minds of not only the poor but also in the minds of
the well-to-dos. They say that the thinking of the poor is totally different
from the rich. In this regard Steve Siebold in his book, How Rich People Think enumerates the differences between the poor
and the rich people’s views on each other. He says that the poor earn money to save, whereas the rich earn for investing and make more
money. The poor people view being rich is a privilege. On the other hand, the
rich feels that being rich is a right. These differences in opinions will not
change unless we narrow down the gap between these two categories. It is
difficult but not impossible. Let there be a day when the bottom two categories merge into middle-class poor.
- NARA
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SAY IT TO YOURSELF
1. You’re doing the best you can
2. Life isn’t always fair
3. Just get started
4. It’s OK to take a break
5. We don’t always get what we want
6. This too will pass
7. Today is a new day
8. It’s a bad day, not a bad life
9. Other people have their issues too
10. Stick to your healthy routine
11. Keep your eyes on the goal
12. You can’t control what you think, but you can control what you do
13. Be kind
14. Allow yourself to feel
15. Express your dissatisfaction constructively
16. You can’t control what other people say or do
17. Be authentic
18. It’s OK to set boundaries and stick to them
19. You don’t have to please everybody
20. Don’t listen to your judging mind
EXPANDING YOUR PERSPECTIVE
Thinking expansively, rather than personally, offers a different lens
that leads to a different question - one that fits the cultural creative
mindset, but also promotes compassionate action rather than self-involvement: What
can I learn so I can live with greater integrity, empathy, wisdom, and
kindness?
When we ask ourselves continually what we can learn from whatever comes
our way and from whatever effects our own actions cause; when we refuse to
personalize events and instead cultivate a deeper, more far-reaching
perspective, we will not only break free of the cocoon of self-involvement, but
also find ourselves more ready and able to stretch beyond our yoga mats into
the wide world that needs us.
I practice Aikido and yoga because of globalization. I also practice
change-making to benefit other people, other species, and the earth because of
globalization. The primary tool I use to find a balance between inward and
outward work is asking this question about all my choices: What will do the
most good and least harm to myself, other people, animals, and the environment?
Note that I include myself in this equation.
Widening our perspective isn't about self-sacrifice
or self-neglect. It's about seeing one's place in the world for what it can be:
personally gratifying and powerfully engaged in making a difference. – Zoe Weil
TO QUOTE
Optimism
is the medium between knowledge and ignorance. – Plato
We are
not called by God to do extraordinary things but to do ordinary things with
extraordinary love. - Jean Vanier
I would
rather be a beggar and spend my money like a king, than be a king and spend
money like a beggar. – Robert Ingersoll
Kindness in
words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in
giving creates Love. – Lao Tzu
JUST TO LAUGH...
They had just become engaged. “I shall love,” she
cooed, “to share all you troubles.”
“But darling,” he murmured, “I have none.”
“No,” she agreed, “but I mean when we are married.”
The first morning after the honeymoon, the husband got
up early, when down to the kitchen, and brought his wife her breakfast in bed.
Naturally she was delighted. Then her husband spoke: “Have you noticed just what
I have done?”
“Of course, dear; every single detail.”
“Good. That’s how I want my breakfast served every
morning after this.”
LINES I LIKED
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By reading others, we
learn to write for ourselves.
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By what you do you
either advance or degenerate.
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By simpler sentences,
you do get your meaning across faster.
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By changing our
thoughts, we can change our lives.
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By choosing to let go
of your hurt and anger, you give yourself the freedom to fully experience joy
in life.
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