I know one blind man, who sells crackers, walking door to door. He never asks for pity, he sells with reasonable price. When I stopped him on the road, he just kept silent until I asked the price. Fifteen thousand rupiah, he said. It was a very normal price for a pack of crackers. He didn’t upsell, at all. Usually, out of respect, I gave him more. I am proud of him, and he should be proud of himself.
I also know one rich man. He got rich by scamming a lot of people. First of all, he rented expensive things and claimed those things as his own. He claimed he was able to afford those things after using a method he knows. If someone wanted to learn to be as rich as him, he had to pay certain rupiah to join his class. But actually his class didn’t teach about anything. He got rich by hopeful people paying for his class.
I see more value in the blind man. A sane person would, too.
But this world is full of insane people. They see a person’s value by their wealth. If someone is poor, they won’t even look at him. I am disappointed by how people can worship money that much.
How insane someone is can usually be seen by how they talk about rich people. They talk about rich people like they talk about their God. Praise them by the amount of money they earn. Being proud of them as if their money is their own. Being ecstatic just by talking about them.
I always see money as only a blessing from God. Whether you have it or not is by His grace. But what puts value in human being was his attitude towards other humans. I see obnoxious rich people’s value as lower than my housekeeper’s value, who worked diligently and honestly.
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