What's Real Wealth to You?

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The ability to stay focused despite distractions around.

The ability to be a rock when life turned upside down.

The ability to be clear despite unclear situations/conditions.

The ability to stay humble while being rich.

The ability to raise people up despite challenges.

The ability to stay active despite being demotivated..


If you had to pick one, which one would you pick? Or which one of the list do you relate to the most?
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The ability to stay focused despite distractions around.

The ability to be a rock when life turned upside down.

The ability to be clear despite unclear situations/conditions.

The ability to stay humble while being rich.

The ability to raise people up despite challenges.

The ability to stay active despite being demotivated..

If you had to pick one, which one would you pick? Or which one of the list do you relate to the most?
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Always no. 2 .. that is my numerology digit tbh.. and it is also funny that I am a 2nd decan scorp, so.. if I am able to pull it off, I can be master number 11. Wish me luck and wish all the best of luck for you too 💕
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The ability to stay focused despite distractions around.

The ability to be a rock when life turned upside down.

The ability to be clear despite unclear situations/conditions.

The ability to stay humble while being rich.

The ability to raise people up despite challenges.

The ability to stay active despite being demotivated..


If you had to pick one, which one would you pick? Or which one of the list do you relate to the most?click to expand

Always no. 2 .. that is my numerology digit tbh.. and it is also funny that I am a 2nd decan scorp, so.. if I am able to pull it off, I can be master number 11. Wish me luck and wish all the best of luck for you too 💕
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Wishing you luck 🙏
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Nothing? 🤔click to expand


Honestly I really don't know. I'll have to go with everybody else answer on this thread. I don't have one of my own.

If you were to pick one from all the answers in the thread, which one would you go by?
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Was everybody though it pretty much was a toss up between enfant terrible and midatbest one but until rabbit came in with this best answer

The ability to tell world leaders "suck my cock, bitch" and suffer no consequences.

So there you have it. That answer beats all.
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It took me forever to learn this, and it feels like a mental breakdown becasue ive spent my entire life focused on attaining traditional measures of success and wealth. And ive done well at it. I was here to shake down this world and take from its pockets what was mine all along. Thats how I viewed life growing up poor within a very wealthy family who withheld their resources.

Ive never been a "relationship guy", yet I was very seldom single, and I cant recall a relationship under 7 years ive had. Ive never been singel for long either. I also don't recall ever pursuing any of them. I was very caveman - i hunted and brought home the kills, we all feasted, and id leave to do it again, in trade for sex amd security. As cold as that sounds in writing, it wasnt, I try to be a good human.. what im trying to say is there was never a connection, emotionally. I thought there was. If youd have asked I would have said I was. I didnt know what I didnt know. I think a lot of people have that arrangement. That was my relationship model my entire life. So, 90% of my focus was about that next move, the next kill, more.

Between my son, meeting someone unexpectedly that i fell for so hard it absolutely scared me, and smacks in the face that im not immortal, and maybe its easier coming from a place of abundance after years of the hunt. But, it seems clear in the 2nd half of my life that wealth is definitely love, emotional connection, caring for and being cared for by someone you enjoy hanging out with, and actively look forward to seeing. That could be a SO, a friend, your child, family, just someone you click with and its natural. That person you want in the rocking chair next to you to watch the sun set.

I think id even rank that above health. Ive spent time in Children's Hospitals in a former career, and the smiles and joy from the kids who knew their time was almost up, all because they were surrounded by the people they loved and who loved them.. Even then I was was envious of that, I just didnt know how to quantify it. I mean isnt that the best anyone can hope for in life? To pass peacefully surrounded by your loved ones? I think thats the wealth everyone should hope for.
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Posted by SadHatter
It took me forever to learn this, and it feels like a mental breakdown becasue ive spent my entire life focused on attaining traditional measures of success and wealth. And ive done well at it. I was here to shake down this world and take from its pockets what was mine all along. Thats how I viewed life growing up poor within a very wealthy family who withheld their resources.

Ive never been a "relationship guy", yet I was very seldom single, and I cant recall a relationship under 7 years ive had. Ive never been singel for long either. I also don't recall ever pursuing any of them. I was very caveman - i hunted and brought home the kills, we all feasted, and id leave to do it again, in trade for sex amd security. As cold as that sounds in writing, it wasnt, I try to be a good human.. what im trying to say is there was never a connection, emotionally. I thought there was. If youd have asked I would have said I was. I didnt know what I didnt know. I think a lot of people have that arrangement. That was my relationship model my entire life. So, 90% of my focus was about that next move, the next kill, more.

Between my son, meeting someone unexpectedly that i fell for so hard it absolutely scared me, and smacks in the face that im not immortal, and maybe its easier coming from a place of abundance after years of the hunt. But, it seems clear in the 2nd half of my life that wealth is definitely love, emotional connection, caring for and being cared for by someone you enjoy hanging out with, and actively look forward to seeing. That could be a SO, a friend, your child, family, just someone you click with and its natural. That person you want in the rocking chair next to you to watch the sun set.

I think id even rank that above health. Ive spent time in Children's Hospitals in a former career, and the smiles and joy from the kids who knew their time was almost up, all because they were surrounded by the people they loved and who loved them.. Even then I was was envious of that, I just didnt know how to quantify it. I mean isnt that the best anyone can hope for in life? To pass peacefully surrounded by your loved ones? I think thats the wealth everyone should hope for.


Very well said.

I gotta ask tho... Why "SadHatter" and not something like "HappyHatter"?
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Posted by SadHatter
It took me forever to learn this, and it feels like a mental breakdown becasue ive spent my entire life focused on attaining traditional measures of success and wealth. And ive done well at it. I was here to shake down this world and take from its pockets what was mine all along. Thats how I viewed life growing up poor within a very wealthy family who withheld their resources.

Ive never been a "relationship guy", yet I was very seldom single, and I cant recall a relationship under 7 years ive had. Ive never been singel for long either. I also don't recall ever pursuing any of them. I was very caveman - i hunted and brought home the kills, we all feasted, and id leave to do it again, in trade for sex amd security. As cold as that sounds in writing, it wasnt, I try to be a good human.. what im trying to say is there was never a connection, emotionally. I thought there was. If youd have asked I would have said I was. I didnt know what I didnt know. I think a lot of people have that arrangement. That was my relationship model my entire life. So, 90% of my focus was about that next move, the next kill, more.

Between my son, meeting someone unexpectedly that i fell for so hard it absolutely scared me, and smacks in the face that im not immortal, and maybe its easier coming from a place of abundance after years of the hunt. But, it seems clear in the 2nd half of my life that wealth is definitely love, emotional connection, caring for and being cared for by someone you enjoy hanging out with, and actively look forward to seeing. That could be a SO, a friend, your child, family, just someone you click with and its natural. That person you want in the rocking chair next to you to watch the sun set.

I think id even rank that above health. Ive spent time in Children's Hospitals in a former career, and the smiles and joy from the kids who knew their time was almost up, all because they were surrounded by the people they loved and who loved them.. Even then I was was envious of that, I just didnt know how to quantify it. I mean isnt that the best anyone can hope for in life? To pass peacefully surrounded by your loved ones? I think thats the wealth everyone should hope for.

Very well said.

I gotta ask tho... Why "SadHatter" and not something like "HappyHatter"?
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You want the long reason or the condensed version?
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Posted by SadHatter
It took me forever to learn this, and it feels like a mental breakdown becasue ive spent my entire life focused on attaining traditional measures of success and wealth. And ive done well at it. I was here to shake down this world and take from its pockets what was mine all along. Thats how I viewed life growing up poor within a very wealthy family who withheld their resources.

Ive never been a "relationship guy", yet I was very seldom single, and I cant recall a relationship under 7 years ive had. Ive never been singel for long either. I also don't recall ever pursuing any of them. I was very caveman - i hunted and brought home the kills, we all feasted, and id leave to do it again, in trade for sex amd security. As cold as that sounds in writing, it wasnt, I try to be a good human.. what im trying to say is there was never a connection, emotionally. I thought there was. If youd have asked I would have said I was. I didnt know what I didnt know. I think a lot of people have that arrangement. That was my relationship model my entire life. So, 90% of my focus was about that next move, the next kill, more.

Between my son, meeting someone unexpectedly that i fell for so hard it absolutely scared me, and smacks in the face that im not immortal, and maybe its easier coming from a place of abundance after years of the hunt. But, it seems clear in the 2nd half of my life that wealth is definitely love, emotional connection, caring for and being cared for by someone you enjoy hanging out with, and actively look forward to seeing. That could be a SO, a friend, your child, family, just someone you click with and its natural. That person you want in the rocking chair next to you to watch the sun set.

I think id even rank that above health. Ive spent time in Children's Hospitals in a former career, and the smiles and joy from the kids who knew their time was almost up, all because they were surrounded by the people they loved and who loved them.. Even then I was was envious of that, I just didnt know how to quantify it. I mean isnt that the best anyone can hope for in life? To pass peacefully surrounded by your loved ones? I think thats the wealth everyone should hope for.


Very well said.

I gotta ask tho... Why "SadHatter" and not something like "HappyHatter"?click to expand

You want the long reason or the condensed version?
click to expand



The long reason
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MadHatter
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Posted by SadHatter
Posted by victoria-sakura
Posted by SadHatter
It took me forever to learn this, and it feels like a mental breakdown becasue ive spent my entire life focused on attaining traditional measures of success and wealth. And ive done well at it. I was here to shake down this world and take from its pockets what was mine all along. Thats how I viewed life growing up poor within a very wealthy family who withheld their resources.

Ive never been a "relationship guy", yet I was very seldom single, and I cant recall a relationship under 7 years ive had. Ive never been singel for long either. I also don't recall ever pursuing any of them. I was very caveman - i hunted and brought home the kills, we all feasted, and id leave to do it again, in trade for sex amd security. As cold as that sounds in writing, it wasnt, I try to be a good human.. what im trying to say is there was never a connection, emotionally. I thought there was. If youd have asked I would have said I was. I didnt know what I didnt know. I think a lot of people have that arrangement. That was my relationship model my entire life. So, 90% of my focus was about that next move, the next kill, more.

Between my son, meeting someone unexpectedly that i fell for so hard it absolutely scared me, and smacks in the face that im not immortal, and maybe its easier coming from a place of abundance after years of the hunt. But, it seems clear in the 2nd half of my life that wealth is definitely love, emotional connection, caring for and being cared for by someone you enjoy hanging out with, and actively look forward to seeing. That could be a SO, a friend, your child, family, just someone you click with and its natural. That person you want in the rocking chair next to you to watch the sun set.

I think id even rank that above health. Ive spent time in Children's Hospitals in a former career, and the smiles and joy from the kids who knew their time was almost up, all because they were surrounded by the people they loved and who loved them.. Even then I was was envious of that, I just didnt know how to quantify it. I mean isnt that the best anyone can hope for in life? To pass peacefully surrounded by your loved ones? I think thats the wealth everyone should hope for.

Very well said.

I gotta ask tho... Why "SadHatter" and not something like "HappyHatter"?click to expand


You want the long reason or the condensed version?click to expand

The long reason
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Im going to try to keep it as light as possible. But basically what I wrote in the previous post. Ive spent the last few months reflecting back. Assessing priorities. Realizing the path I had chosen all my life constantly left me feeling empty. Thinking about all the people who sacrificed themselves so I could feed the machine for myself. How selfish I was. Something ive never been able to justify in my mind is the woman I almost married wanted a child so bad, but I put it off and put it off, along with getting married. A major career change for me made her anxious, so instead of all the other ways I could have handled it I chose to walk away from a 10 year relationship reasoning in my mind that she just didnt have faith in me.. then a couple years later had a child I didnt want with a woman i had no intention to stay with. My baby mama becoming an alcoholic in part because while I fully accepted my son wholeheartedly, Ive always kept her at arms length (I did help her and shes good now, that dynamic has changed some. I mean i cant have my son's mother acting a fool, for him). I honestly wondered, on occasion, if I wasnt a psychopath. Then I met someone unexpectedly and over time softened up. Like.ice melted. But that ended up being my Karma for all the other shit I mentioned. The tables had turned. I was gutted. I wanted to ice back up and go back to what id always done. But when you stand at the crossroads of where youve been and where you know now you could go? I cant go back. Im not even mad at the one who crushed me, im kinda happy I there was enough life in that part of me to feel being crushed. How does it go? Sometime you have to bleed so you know youre alive? But now i know there's a pulse. I need to make amends with some people, and apologize to others while i shift my priorities from the rat race, to connecting with the people who love me at the same level.

So, im not a HappyHatter, yet . I'm still a SadHatter while I bury the MadHatter and re-map my brain to be a little less up my own ass. Ill get there
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I was just thinking about wealth. I just watched this video - naturally another Aries. I have really been gravitating towards Rams lately - so many good points he makes.



What is real wealth? Knowing is wealth. Knowing what? Knowing how this world is organized, and who is behind this organization. But we all must have a roof over our heads and enough to eat, mustn't we? Not so fast. Remember you are on the battlefield that is life - defend yourself!

When Christ rearranged molecules into 'food' and fed the many what does it mean really? It is profound - it is very big. Wealth can be reduced down to material matter yet Christ just reduced material matter down to something that he could make out of nothing and multiply. You mean material matter is nothing really? Yes it is nothing. The more material nothing you possess the more likely you are to miss the giant mountain sitting behind this nothing.

Bypass this obsession with 'nothing' because it is just a distraction and will keep you occupied in nothing - that is wasting your time. At it's finest it is just a pile of light. Quit being a mouse running through this material maze - because this material maze has been proven to be false. In the big picture seek 'Whom' is projecting this 'nothing material matter' before you. That is real wealth. How frightening to know how truly vulnerable little children we really are - we really have nothing, in fact. Though some have much nothing and base their lives on accumulating this nothing.
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Posted by victoria-sakura
Posted by SadHatter
Posted by victoria-sakura
Posted by SadHatter
It took me forever to learn this, and it feels like a mental breakdown becasue ive spent my entire life focused on attaining traditional measures of success and wealth. And ive done well at it. I was here to shake down this world and take from its pockets what was mine all along. Thats how I viewed life growing up poor within a very wealthy family who withheld their resources.

Ive never been a "relationship guy", yet I was very seldom single, and I cant recall a relationship under 7 years ive had. Ive never been singel for long either. I also don't recall ever pursuing any of them. I was very caveman - i hunted and brought home the kills, we all feasted, and id leave to do it again, in trade for sex amd security. As cold as that sounds in writing, it wasnt, I try to be a good human.. what im trying to say is there was never a connection, emotionally. I thought there was. If youd have asked I would have said I was. I didnt know what I didnt know. I think a lot of people have that arrangement. That was my relationship model my entire life. So, 90% of my focus was about that next move, the next kill, more.

Between my son, meeting someone unexpectedly that i fell for so hard it absolutely scared me, and smacks in the face that im not immortal, and maybe its easier coming from a place of abundance after years of the hunt. But, it seems clear in the 2nd half of my life that wealth is definitely love, emotional connection, caring for and being cared for by someone you enjoy hanging out with, and actively look forward to seeing. That could be a SO, a friend, your child, family, just someone you click with and its natural. That person you want in the rocking chair next to you to watch the sun set.

I think id even rank that above health. Ive spent time in Children's Hospitals in a former career, and the smiles and joy from the kids who knew their time was almost up, all because they were surrounded by the people they loved and who loved them.. Even then I was was envious of that, I just didnt know how to quantify it. I mean isnt that the best anyone can hope for in life? To pass peacefully surrounded by your loved ones? I think thats the wealth everyone should hope for.


Very well said.

I gotta ask tho... Why "SadHatter" and not something like "HappyHatter"?click to expand

You want the long reason or the condensed version?click to expand


The long reasonclick to expand

Im going to try to keep it as light as possible. But basically what I wrote in the previous post. Ive spent the last few months reflecting back. Assessing priorities. Realizing the path I had chosen all my life constantly left me feeling empty. Thinking about all the people who sacrificed themselves so I could feed the machine for myself. How selfish I was. Something ive never been able to justify in my mind is the woman I almost married wanted a child so bad, but I put it off and put it off, along with getting married. A major career change for me made her anxious, so instead of all the other ways I could have handled it I chose to walk away from a 10 year relationship reasoning in my mind that she just didnt have faith in me.. then a couple years later had a child I didnt want with a woman i had no intention to stay with. My baby mama becoming an alcoholic in part because while I fully accepted my son wholeheartedly, Ive always kept her at arms length (I did help her and shes good now, that dynamic has changed some. I mean i cant have my son's mother acting a fool, for him). I honestly wondered, on occasion, if I wasnt a psychopath. Then I met someone unexpectedly and over time softened up. Like.ice melted. But that ended up being my Karma for all the other shit I mentioned. The tables had turned. I was gutted. I wanted to ice back up and go back to what id always done. But when you stand at the crossroads of where youve been and where you know now you could go? I cant go back. Im not even mad at the one who crushed me, im kinda happy I there was enough life in that part of me to feel being crushed. How does it go? Sometime you have to bleed so you know youre alive? But now i know there's a pulse. I need to make amends with some people, and apologize to others while i shift my priorities from the rat race, to connecting with the people who love me at the same level.

So, im not a HappyHatter, yet . I'm still a SadHatter while I bury the MadHatter and re-map my brain to be a little less up my own ass. Ill get there
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" 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. " - Alfred Lord Tennyson 🙂
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Posted by SadHatter
It took me forever to learn this, and it feels like a mental breakdown becasue ive spent my entire life focused on attaining traditional measures of success and wealth. And ive done well at it. I was here to shake down this world and take from its pockets what was mine all along. Thats how I viewed life growing up poor within a very wealthy family who withheld their resources.

Ive never been a "relationship guy", yet I was very seldom single, and I cant recall a relationship under 7 years ive had. Ive never been singel for long either. I also don't recall ever pursuing any of them. I was very caveman - i hunted and brought home the kills, we all feasted, and id leave to do it again, in trade for sex amd security. As cold as that sounds in writing, it wasnt, I try to be a good human.. what im trying to say is there was never a connection, emotionally. I thought there was. If youd have asked I would have said I was. I didnt know what I didnt know. I think a lot of people have that arrangement. That was my relationship model my entire life. So, 90% of my focus was about that next move, the next kill, more.

Between my son, meeting someone unexpectedly that i fell for so hard it absolutely scared me, and smacks in the face that im not immortal, and maybe its easier coming from a place of abundance after years of the hunt. But, it seems clear in the 2nd half of my life that wealth is definitely love, emotional connection, caring for and being cared for by someone you enjoy hanging out with, and actively look forward to seeing. That could be a SO, a friend, your child, family, just someone you click with and its natural. That person you want in the rocking chair next to you to watch the sun set.

I think id even rank that above health. Ive spent time in Children's Hospitals in a former career, and the smiles and joy from the kids who knew their time was almost up, all because they were surrounded by the people they loved and who loved them.. Even then I was was envious of that, I just didnt know how to quantify it. I mean isnt that the best anyone can hope for in life? To pass peacefully surrounded by your loved ones? I think thats the wealth everyone should hope for.

Very well said.

I gotta ask tho... Why "SadHatter" and not something like "HappyHatter"?click to expand


You want the long reason or the condensed version?click to expand

The long reasonclick to expand


Im going to try to keep it as light as possible. But basically what I wrote in the previous post. Ive spent the last few months reflecting back. Assessing priorities. Realizing the path I had chosen all my life constantly left me feeling empty. Thinking about all the people who sacrificed themselves so I could feed the machine for myself. How selfish I was. Something ive never been able to justify in my mind is the woman I almost married wanted a child so bad, but I put it off and put it off, along with getting married. A major career change for me made her anxious, so instead of all the other ways I could have handled it I chose to walk away from a 10 year relationship reasoning in my mind that she just didnt have faith in me.. then a couple years later had a child I didnt want with a woman i had no intention to stay with. My baby mama becoming an alcoholic in part because while I fully accepted my son wholeheartedly, Ive always kept her at arms length (I did help her and shes good now, that dynamic has changed some. I mean i cant have my son's mother acting a fool, for him). I honestly wondered, on occasion, if I wasnt a psychopath. Then I met someone unexpectedly and over time softened up. Like.ice melted. But that ended up being my Karma for all the other shit I mentioned. The tables had turned. I was gutted. I wanted to ice back up and go back to what id always done. But when you stand at the crossroads of where youve been and where you know now you could go? I cant go back. Im not even mad at the one who crushed me, im kinda happy I there was enough life in that part of me to feel being crushed. How does it go? Sometime you have to bleed so you know youre alive? But now i know there's a pulse. I need to make amends with some people, and apologize to others while i shift my priorities from the rat race, to connecting with the people who love me at the same level.

So, im not a HappyHatter, yet . I'm still a SadHatter while I bury the MadHatter and re-map my brain to be a little less up my own ass. Ill get thereclick to expand

" 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. " - Alfred Lord Tennyson 🙂
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I believe that. The most thrilling and most profoundly stressful times in my life yet exhilarating times in my life was the break up. That sense of freedom from being in “bondage” or possession was the most exhilarating part.