On Being Very Rich in a Very Poor World

I'm sick and tired of hearing about how rich lots of people are getting. Several have become billionaires and at least one, a trillionaire (Elon Musk).

Financially, I peak at less than $200,000, which I estimate to be about two cents on today's market.

Nonetheless, I am a wealthy man. The Bible tells me so. For the fifth of the Beatitudes in MATTHEW 5, says '"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."

I'm so meek it makes me ill even to think about how rich I am or am going to be. Obviously, the aforementioned Beatitude is referring to my wealth after I pass from the life I've enjoyed, for 91 years so far.

I have no difficulty accepting the future of my being rich. I kind of like the idea that after my death, I'm going to live in a city whose streets are paved with gold and has gates that are pearl loaded.

Donald Trump and Musk must be awfully jealous of me, if not now, they surely will be after they die. While I'm enjoying my inheritance, both 'likely will still be checking their bank accounts and looking for deals that might make them richer by earth's 2026 standards.

Hell must be full of people who were not meek on earth, and they're angry, very angry, I'm thinking. particularly mad that St. Peter would not allow them to tote their bags of earthly wealth beyond the PEARLY GATES.

For real meekers, hell looks like?....Well, hell looks like hell, with muddy streets, and no comfortable place to sleep.

So it is that I do consider myself extremely wealthy, though Mother Theresa (above) has much, much more.

WHO AND WHERE ARE THE TRULY WEALTHY OF 2026

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