There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She told her boyfriend, 'If I could only see the world, I will marry you.'
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came off, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend. He asked her, "Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?"
The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn't expected that. The thought of looking at them the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him.
Her boyfriend left her in tears and days later wrote a note to her saying: "Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before they were yours, they were mine."
This is how the human brain often works when our status changes. Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who was always by their side in the most painful situations.
"He left her when he got rich", "she had to go for a man her class after she became a partner in the firm"...situations like these show the lack of understanding about life the person has.
When many people get an increase/upgrade financially, that changes everything including their relationships - who they associate with and the type of people they can love. This is one of the detrimental effects money has on people.
Some people get some money and they lash out words that would make you think they've never been needy. How terribly sad!
Your pursuit for societal applause shouldn't compromise your friends, loved ones and people who were actually there for you in your 'low-state'. A real person should love more and help others. Use things, not People
Remember whatever you have can be taken away from you; and whoever came into your life during your wealth would most likely leave when its gone.
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