Rags to Riches

What does it mean to be rich? Is it all about staying in a 6-acre mansion; driving a Maybach or a Porsche; dining at fine restaurants; wearing high-end fashion apparels like Hugo Boss, Gucci, or Burberry; or flying first class and staying in five-star presidential suites while travelling?

I know that it's oh-so-often for one to be told that true happiness comes from within. Personally, I also believe that money will make me happy. I don't mean that I'll be finding joy drowning myself in luxury products and a lavish lifestyle. It's about having something, in this case money, and not needing it, rather than to need something and not have it. It's a simple term coined "financial security". Even if I can afford it, it doesn't mean that I'll buy it. Money will make me happy, but I do not rely on spending it to find happiness. That's just material happiness.

I believe that a person who saves more than 50% of one's income, instead of spending it all on inessentials, is the reason he/she is rich in the first place. I'm talking about individuals who start from scratch, not some rich tycoon's son who inherited the millions.

As Forrest Gump said, there's only so much fortune a man really needs, and the rest is just for showing off.