The cream in the cake of life

Riches. Money. Gold. Luxury.

All of them things men and women constantly crave for. No matter how much they have, there's always room for more.

With prosperity comes happiness. Such is popular belief. The more you own, the happier you will be. Or so it is said. Picture yourself with riches around you. All the money in the world to buy all the things you want. What will you buy?

Will you be happy with excessive luxury? Will it all be good? Wouldn't life be so much better with more money and luxury? Is it even possible for a person to live without any money at all?

With money you can travel, eat, have fun and even make friends. Can you ever have too much of any of these? Or are you better off living life with less money and wealth? Is he who is poorer wiser?

Having less money usually means having to get by with what little you have, living off the bare minimum. It forces you to pay more attention to what you need. Often tearing your eyes off the unnecessary and unneeded. Do riches blind?

Does wealth open your eyes? Does it bring with it knowledge and new possibilities? Perhaps not.

Wealth, like friends, love and romance, are things that you can live with or without. Icing upon the cake of life. Without it life would be bland, but that doesn't mean you can't live without it.

Even without great riches surrounding you, life is still a tub full of possibilities. There's always a long list of things that could, would or should be done. Granted there are things that you can't do and options that are opened only with great wealth. But are those things that you can't live without?

Richest is the man with little wealth but more happiness.