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<blockquote data-quote="Berry" data-source="post: 1911872" data-attributes="member: 13403">We were discussing wealth. One woman said that were she rich she damn well would feel she was better than everybody else because she could do whatever she wanted and they could not. A person pointed out that this proved money is evil because it does destroy people.A man, I believe he was from India but am not certain, said in his country having money was not considered wrong. It was attachment to wealth that was considered wrong. &quot;A person should,&quot; he said, &quot;be able to suffer change of circumstances without feeling they had changed.&quot;I remember reading the words of a Black Man, I believe he was a football player, who said, &quot;I don't want to go through my life being a color.&quot;I would prefer to hear, but would I be a different person if I didn't? Would you be a different person if you could suddenly hear? Is this really who we are? A pair of ears that work or don't work? A pair of legs that walk or don't walk? A color? A perfect nose, perhaps? A perfect foot to put forward when we speak to each other?I think those who focus their identity on their wealth, color, working body parts, are really very shallow people who will never be able to discover their own humanity.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Berry, post: 1911872, member: 13403"] We were discussing wealth. One woman said that were she rich she damn well would feel she was better than everybody else because she could do whatever she wanted and they could not. A person pointed out that this proved money is evil because it does destroy people. A man, I believe he was from India but am not certain, said in his country having money was not considered wrong. It was attachment to wealth that was considered wrong. "A person should," he said, "be able to suffer change of circumstances without feeling [B]they[/B] had changed." I remember reading the words of a Black Man, I believe he was a football player, who said, "I don't want to go through my life being a color." I would prefer to hear, but would I be a different person if I didn't? Would you be a different person if you could suddenly hear? Is this really who we are? A pair of ears that work or don't work? A pair of legs that walk or don't walk? A color? A perfect nose, perhaps? A perfect foot to put forward when we speak to each other? I think those who focus their identity on their wealth, color, working body parts, are really very shallow people who will never be able to discover their own humanity. [/QUOTE]

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