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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (49560)	6/7/2002 7:52:18 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 82486

Yes. In my case, I made more than $500, but my early years of being quite poor were actually quite happy. Of course, I was younger then, and youth is a much better time to be poor. I wouldn't want now to go back to that. And I did always have enough to eat, even it was hamburger and rice many nights. Now, I have a family and children, which are a huge improvement in happiness, and I'm glad I have the resources to provide a comfortable life for them. But that doesn't mean I wasn't extremely happy when I was too poor to own a car, or a stereo, or a TV, and my main sources of recreation were long walks in the woods, playing tennis on the public courts where a can of new balls was a major extravagance, and my weekly jaunts to the library.