Tag: Reflection

The world isn’t fair. Some are born with gold in their hands, others with nothing but weight to carry. For the poor, the road to wealth feels almost impossible.

Why? Because everything costs. Education, tools, opportunities. The rich have shortcuts and something to fall back on. The poor take the long road with no room for mistakes. Even technology, which was supposed to make things equal, now carries a price tag made for the wealthy. Internet, tuition, gadgets, transportation—all with a price tag. A new smartphone or laptop? Out of reach for most.

That’s why many feel stuck. Commuting every day on unsafe public transport—exposed to hold-ups, snatchers, and pickpockets—while the rich sit behind the wheel, safe inside their cars. Getting sick means falling into debt, while the rich recover in comfort. And for a poor student whose family scraped every peso to send him to school, graduation should mean hope. Instead, he steps out and finds the dream job already gone—replaced by AI. For the rich, that’s nothing. Some of them even own the companies behind it.

But money alone doesn’t guarantee peace, and poverty doesn’t erase every chance at joy. Life isn’t measured only by what sits in the bank—it’s measured by meaning.

Real wealth is in choosing good, showing kindness, holding on to dignity even when the world tries to take it away. A poor man who could steal but chooses not to, a man who shares his last piece of bread, a student who helps a classmate, a worker who refuses to cheat—they carry a richness no vault can contain.

So maybe the real question isn’t “why can’t the poor be rich?” but “what kind of wealth actually lasts?” Because money fades. Kindness doesn’t.

𝚃𝚢𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙾𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎
𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚛.𝚌𝚘𝚖