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3. You can be rich and not have a thing that really counts

Sun Feb 15, 2026, 01:39 AM

15 hrs ago

And be poor in money and rich in everything that really counts. I live on less that $30,000 a year but am grateful I have the latter.

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When I was young I was very, very poor, but now after decades of really hard work... [View all] Enter stage left 18 hrs ago OP

Look at the bright side- you're not alone and you're still alive. chicoescuela 17 hrs ago #1

I suspect that your years of tolls has made this country far more... chouchou 17 hrs ago #2

You can be rich and not have a thing that really counts appleannie1 15 hrs ago #3

Sound like me. I'm the luckiest man in the world. multigraincracker 15 hrs ago #4