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Originally Posted by Déjà Bru
Stories like this are why, although I grouse occasionally about the inequity of wealth and how immense amounts of money are attracted to and horded by a handful of individuals, I am never actually envious of those people.
Once you have accumulated enough to be comfortable, money surely does not buy any more happiness. Excessive amounts are wasted (unless you consider heirs and charities) and may even lead to one's demise one way or the other. Such as leasing a "limousine-like" helicopter but trusting the wrong pilot or mechanic.
He was a great ballplayer, a good man, and a doting father, from what I have seen in media, so I mourn him and especially his daughter (not to slight the other folks on that chopper, who barely get mentioned) and family. But I never did envy Kobe Bryant. |
I was thinking last night that 1,000s upon 1,000s of people whilst he was playing and even after would have wanted to be in Kobe's shoes, not many if any would have wanted to be in them yesterday.
I've been in an chopper about a dozen times and if I had all the money in the world I'd never step foot in one again and that was before yesterday.