"Richer & Happier is not who have more but who need less"

Greetings CodeMeister13 I couldn't help noticing you are a pretty young chap and same as me, also a newcomer here on Debate.org. So, I'm wondering if 'The Contender' status you've just got by simply being the first one replying here was on purpose or simply an accident to earn that insignia. No pun intended. In any case, I highly appreciate your intervention and I'm grateful that the topic has called your attention to devote some time writing your reply. :) Ok, here we go... Definition: "Wealth: an abundance of valuable possessions or money" Uhmm, well placed and interesting sentence fluently filled with a logical sequence of relevant phrases from a strictly "Material" perspective, but by other hand, phrases highly paradoxical in the context of happiness, satisfaction, value, success and sense of fullness. That's exactly the issue that I wanted to highlight throughout this debate. "They want it all and they can have it all at just the simple swipe of a card or signing of a check" For just a second, lets go back to the first sentence; Possessions/Money... yep, they can sound, tinkle and.. break in pieces if you just drop these from the heights of your ephemeral illusion quite quickly. Again, material point of view. "Wealth and success are a staple to happiness as peanuts are a staple to peanut butter" Exactly, that's right. Obviously, from a material earthly point of view. Then, what about those who even standing with their own feet on the same earth, which have not access to such 'physical' abundance of valuable possessions, money, checks or cards, materialistically speaking, should go looking for the wealthy path to happiness? I feel CodeMeister13, we both are on the same page here nevertheless. The bit that you could go unnoticed is that one related to neither happiness, satisfaction, welfare or sense of fulness on this life is at the reach of your physical fingertips. These only resides in your own mind. "Is really having "it all" enough to get you closer to "touch" a restful, peaceful, relaxed, unconcerned, plentiful, free, happy and satisfactory life? You'll be always moving and debating between two worlds, the outsides & insides of your own self & essence. That's just the irreconcilable paradox right now like it always has been. I guess this is just a matter of setting and adjusting rational thresholds in your life. If you can fit your needs coherently to those logical attainable thresholds you are done. Therefore, you'll need less to succeed on the quest of richness & happiness, being able of walk away from that mirage of 'They want it all' wrong bit. At last but not least, I'm gonna illustrate further my point with a triplet of quotes: "My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right?" -- Charles Schulz "Longing for something long enough, and suddenly no longer want" -- Chinese Proverb "Once exceeded a minimum threshold is richest who needs the least" -- Anonymous You can garnish these with an olive, a lemon slice a cherry or a whole watermelon. I would simply be curious to see the order, priority and place you'd assign to those quotes among a materialistic and spiritual point of view.