Do you think it's easier to cherish what you have if you have a lot? Or the opposite?

Nothing wrong with dreaming.....................
IMO people have to have a goal, and more important, be active to try to reach that goal. People who are always complaning about how bad they have really annoy me. Especially when they stay with their lousy @ss sitting on the couch. Or complaining it is all the goverment who makes live bad for them.

Ofcourse lots of people live in a bad situation which it isn't their fault they live in. These people deserve all help they can get.

Sorry for my reaction, but just had to say this.

And Alex,
since I have a Ferrari, I lost some good (at least we thought) friends.
It all had to do with jealous things. Even my neighboor has problems with it.
DAMMM.............I worked hard for it and I am DAMMNED proud of it.

Unfortunatly a few people in my habitat think Ferrari driving is "NOT DONE".

Sorry for bad english, but it is very difficult to say the right words in a foreign language. I hope you all understand what I mean.

 

I think we all can think like that sometimes... I know I can!!!!
But then I think like you ended up with... there are some people who don't even have food every day!! Then I'm pretty D$$$ lucky!!!
I don't go to bed hungry every day.... I have a bed to sleep in.... I have a lot of modern things... I really don't miss anything of those material stuff!!!

When I wish for a Ferrari, it's a dream.... a dream that WILL come true some day... allthough I might be 80 years old!

And I know there are soooo many people out there that have so much more than I do.... bigger houses, several Ferrari's or other exotic cars.... and so on.... but I have my good mood and my health and my lovely family and friends... In the end, that is what matters the most!!


Just my oppinion... and for me also a little hard to express in english....


OW and your last question... I cherish the most what I have worked for!!!! Things or experiences I had with family or good friends!!!!
And it don't cherish my home more, if it's filled with all kind of luxury stuff.... What I cherish is the personal things... not the amount or the price!!

 

Whatever you do in live ....

Work as hard as you can, give it your very best shot and you can always see another man (or woman) in the eye. There's no shame in there!

Sure, someone els will wake up earlier, work even harder than you and perhaps be smarter or more succesfull. Good on them!

Me? I wouldn't trade my GTB for an Enzo. I swear!

 

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Well I think it's very healthy to stop and think sometimes So no problem!
I do that too sometimes.... wonder if I am happy... wonder what makes other people happy... comapared to me etc....

 

It's not always the most expensive or newest car that is the most desireable
All depends on taste and dreams!

 

exactly!!!!!
Or my father Cherish his MG much more that if you gave him an Enzo for free And other's would wonder about his pick

 

I know what you mean Alex!!
And to answer the question first: i think when you have all you want, you will not cherish everything that hard anymore!!
Are you standing still everyday at the fact that you have a job, a nice car, a great girlfriend, a cute kid,......??
Don't think so! It's just that you got used to it!!
The same happens when you can afford anything you want!!
You don't have any goals in life anymore!! Goals like 20 Ferrari's for example that is!!
So i really think if you can only just afford a Ferrari, you will cherish it even more then if you had 35 Ferrari's in the garage!!

BTW: remember some things i said to you some time ago!! Hope you know what i mean?
Those things are irreplacable and priceless!! Even 399 Enzo's can't compare with those!!!


@ Roel: those "friends" you lost weren't real friends so you should be happy they're gone!! I know all about it!! Everything i got, i earned myself!! I've also lost many "friends" because of jealousy,...
Do i care??? No i don't!! I always say to them: it's your loss mate!!!
Some solution might be: DON't tell anyone you have a Ferrari!!!! (Ofcourse the neighbours will always notice it!!! )
Me and Alex know a guy who owns a 355 but he doesn't even tell it to his own family!! You know how family can be so it's not a stupid idea!!

@ Tina, you got the right attitude if you say "i will have a Ferrari"! BUT please don't say you might be 80 when you get it!!

 

Spot on!

However, what started out as my dream car, eventually turned into my way-of-life car. To me, the charme of the car is the fact that it's - by most, if not any modern standard - completely obsolete! And yet, what it does it does so very well ...

Imagine you're an airbus pilot and you have an original WWII Spitfire at hand at a local airstrip, ready for some weekend fly-outs ...... it will probably wear you out and shake every bone in your body, but it will be soooo much more rewarding!!

 

Living your dream is more fun than just dreaming!
Be prepared to take some risks. Use your brain but listen to your heart!

 

I know what you mean I am just beeing reasonable... I have no wellpayed job... and will probably end up on a pension/retirement, because of health...
So I might not have the biggest opportunity to make big money
But that will not stop my dream... and it's okay if it won't be within the next handfull of years that I achieve my goal But I know I will... somehow

 

Most people choose money as one of the ultimate goals in life.
.........Think again!

 

You hit the nail Ton!
Way I go/live since many years!
And for sure.....still dreaming....still hunting......still hungry.....still fighting....

 

I know!

 

Dude!

We have had a recent lesson here of everything washing into the sea.....Ferraris, buildings, churches, kind old people who could not run away....

NEVER let what you own become the meaning of who YOU are......

Always remember there are only so many days into each life. Time is all we own...the clothes, the 'things', all that is nothing in comparison to the friendships and loved ones, and children you will have to leave behind some day...

As the old Blues guys say..."Well, they've just 'gone on'.." meaning, they have gone ahead of us, through the door, on a juorney we all must make.

Tune it to b flat, Wolfgang, while I lay down this shuffle beat on the Ludwigs....

"Bonk" to my European comrades!!!!

 

Life is a dream, so it is normal to pursue dreams for the rest of your life!
That is what it is all about!

Live your life. Live your dream!

 

Don't envy the rich...it rarely makes their life easier, only more complicated I'm afraid......as your example shows.

There has been much personal sorrow in that part of the world, from their flood disaster as well......

You CHERISH your parents, while you can, your lover, and your children......

You just USE all the other stuff!

 

Happiness is a state of mind. Has little to do with what you own, or what you do... You make an active decision to be happy or not, within the realm of circumstance.

Now, if you are dying of cancer, just lost a child, and are being audited - thinking "happy thoughts" may be tough...

 

It's a good thread actually Alex!!
It's funny but i was thinking about the exact same things last week!

If people who have nothing could read this, they would see us like spoiled kids!!!
Everything really is so relative!!

Anything is for sale except good health, real love and friendship!

Money can be easy but i always say: little money=little problems, alot of money= alot of problems!!!

Our time will come!!!

 

So true!!!!
But sadly, losing good friends/family makes life pretty hard sometimes and you get confused!!!
It makes you wonder what to do in life, with life,... and we're back at the start again!!

Choose life.....