Deferring Gratification

But being alive and not being able to do everything you want to do no matter the expense is not the retirement I wanted.

As Mae West said, “I've been rich and I've been poor, and rich is better.”

On the other hand, some of the happiest people I have known have been Mexicans whose incomes have been very low.

“If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.” Epicurus