Quoting MatureAdult:

What determines whether one is successful in life or not? Is it wealth? prestige? fame? raising respectable and competent children? just surviving? Why do some folks like Mr. Gates and Mr. Buffet have such wealth and happiness when so many others in the world live in squalor, misery and pain? Is being religious make one successful? If so, whose religion is better, if any may be so called such? Is success and happiness a mental state? One that does not require wealth nor material items, or is it a state of mind one reaches when s/he has wealth and material things like Oprah? And who decides who shall have and who shall have not? Is it a supreme being that dictates this? If so, whose Deity is doing this and why are they so ambivalent to the pain and misery of so many on Earth while others live in such luxury? Will the meek truly inherit the Earth and if so, will there be anything left of it to inherit? Why are you reading this blog? Do you care about any of these social issues? Would you like to help someone else? Will you abide by the golden rule of doing unto others as you would have them do unto you? LOL, perhaps that is exactly what we are doing which is why there is so much pain and misery. I wish I had an answer to any of these questions, but I do not. I just keep on plodding along like you, trying my best not to do harm to others and dodging bullets as I go. How about you? Do you have some answers, I would love to read your thoughts.

What determines whether one is successful in life or not? Is it wealth? prestige? fame? raising respectable and competent children? just surviving? Why do some folks like Mr. Gates and Mr. Buffet have such wealth and happiness when so many others in the world live in squalor, misery and pain? Is being religious make one successful? If so, whose religion is better, if any may be so called such? Is success and happiness a mental state? One that does not require wealth nor material items, or is it a state of mind one reaches when s/he has wealth and material things like Oprah? And who decides who shall have and who shall have not? Is it a supreme being that dictates this? If so, whose Deity is doing this and why are they so ambivalent to the pain and misery of so many on Earth while others live in such luxury? Will the meek truly inherit the Earth and if so, will there be anything left of it to inherit? Why are you reading this blog? Do you care about any of these social issues? Would you like to help someone else? Will you abide by the golden rule of doing unto others as you would have them do unto you? LOL, perhaps that is exactly what we are doing which is why there is so much pain and misery. I wish I had an answer to any of these questions, but I do not. I just keep on plodding along like you, trying my best not to do harm to others and dodging bullets as I go. How about you? Do you have some answers, I would love to read your thoughts.