Poverty limits your imagination, so does wealth.

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Some time ago I saw some posts on the Internet saying that poverty limits people’s imagination.

A girl bought a Chanel top worth 35,000 yuan. After washing it, the color faded. She angrily asked customer service.

The answer I got was: Our product was designed without considering the need for washing. It is usually thrown away after being worn a few times.

Another girl went to try on a pair of high-end leather shoes and thought they looked very good. She gritted her teeth and wanted to buy a pair, so she asked the salesperson: What should I do if this one is stained with dust? How should I maintain it?

The salesperson frowned: Sorry, to be honest with you, the customers for these shoes will basically not go to dusty places, and they will not wear them again after wearing them once.

When I saw this, I suddenly thought of a story. In ancient times, there were two old farmers who imagined the emperor's luxurious life. One said: "I think the emperor must eat white masks every day until he is full!" The other said: "Not only Not only that, I think the emperor must use a golden hoe when going to the fields!”

It seems like a joke, but it’s not that funny.

Indeed, it is difficult for those of us who are not rich to imagine what a wealthy life is like, and it is even harder to understand how a piece of clothing can be thrown away after being worn a few times, even if it is only 2 yuan of socks.

It seems that poverty does limit our imagination, but is poverty the only thing that can limit our imagination?

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The recently popular "Happiness Trio" gave us our first glimpse of how wealthy young men live.

What’s interesting is that it’s hard to imagine that He Youjun, a wealthy man from a wealthy family, has never eaten popcorn since he was a child.

What’s even more interesting is that once, Wu Jing gave He Youjun a kind of fruit. He Youjun had never seen it before, and he didn’t know how to eat it. He said in confusion: It looked like an eggplant. Then he cut it open with a knife and took a bite of the skin innocently, saying that he didn't want to eat the outside.

In fact, this kind of fruit can be recognized at a glance by children in the mountains. It is called August melon.

August melons usually grow wild in the mountains. People have only started to cultivate them in the past two years, so few city people know about them.

As people's lives become more and more affluent, in addition to food, even some primitive life skills are now incredible in the eyes of urbanites.

For example, drilling wood to make fire. Some people on Douyin find it incredible and even posted a video to question it. They can only say that the ancestor’s method of making fire by drilling wood is wisdom, and his “modern” method of making fire by drilling wood is stupid.

It seems that poverty is not the only thing that can limit our imagination. Once we return to nature and authenticity, wealth will also limit our imagination.

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As human beings, we have our own limitations from birth. Whether rich or poor, we all have the meaning and value of our existence. No one is superior to anyone, and no one is humbler than anyone else.

You know, it only takes one disaster to change the owner of the country and change the color of the mountains and rivers.

What you thought was important in the past will become worthless in the face of disaster. No Chanel top or high-end leather shoes are as substantial as a steamed bun.

And those things you despise now may be able to save your life.

By then, no matter whether you have money or not, the weakness and helplessness of human beings in the face of nature will be fully demonstrated.

Just like in Huang Bo's movie, a huge wave and a small island. It can make us lose our rules, class, and wealth in an instant.

What will happen to this world when only humanity is left.

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In fact, no matter you are poor or rich, the limit is never your imagination, but your heart.

Whether the world will become uglier or better depends on your heart.

Society needs diversity, and human development needs diversity even more. So the gap between rich and poor is not wrong, the fault lies in our own hearts.

In such a diverse society, only through unity can we win.

Be less biased and more understanding. Less ridicule, more mutual help. The world tomorrow won't be so bad.

The explanation goes: There is no distinction between the three realms, it is all done by one mind. The mind can be in hell, the mind can be in heaven, the mind can be ordinary people, and the mind can be saints.

One thought is heaven, the other thought is hell. All living beings are dharma, only self-truth exists.