Everyone knows that a lot of wealth is not required to be happy, nor does it guarantee happiness. Everyone also knows that fortune plays a major role in gaining and losing wealth. And yet, not having a lot of wealth bothers most people. Because it's not about wealth, it's about envy.
If we keep associating with wealth conscious people who keep talking about money and expensive ways of spending it, we will soon catch the disease of obsessive money consciousness; we will lose our peaceful happiness due to envious wealth comparisons with others. We will start judging ourselves and others in terms of wealth and not in terms of virtues.
Virtues or the lack of virtues makes one rich or poor. Fortunate are those who are happy having realized this essential truth.
