There are folks who seem to have it all, big house, swanky cars, great looking clothes, but they are struggling to pay for it all, and every month they suffer great stress and anxiety and always in fear of losing it all. There is the stress of shame due to the pride they live by, so they become pathological liars and con-artists. It's all makes for a miserable life, and sometimes ends in suicide or familicide.

If we choose to live within our means, while striving for better without crave and without envy, we will certainly live a much more peaceful life, and that peace alone makes us richer.