Far richer than any of those people you mentioned. What you have is priceless!

Your contentment and the love of your yellow lab count for far more than cold, hard cash.

The glass of reisling doesn't hurt either.

We are in the exact same boat. Except my current lab, number 7, is black. And we’re watching the US National Women's Soccer team playing Brazil.
No commercials, no politics.
And mine is snoring as well.
Cheers to ya!

for having the wisdom to appreciate the simple and small pleasures in life. All those greedy a=holes you mentioned above - have you ever seen an unhappier bunch of whiners. They are all miserable down deep inside.

the pet-sleeping-on-the-sofa-with-you is INDEED one of those priceless "simple pleasures"

Thanks, for that excellent reflection. You are so right.

name redacted middle sis asked , " mom , are we rich." mom , name redacted , laughed and said , hardly!". midle sis askes , "are we rich in sppirit? "
mom answered " yes we are." please scricth the yellow lab behind the ear for us please .

Really do make us forget our financial poverty. So Cuddles and Petunia have overwhelmed me with riches.
And then there's you, my DU family. It's hard to remember in the midst of in your face struggles, but you've helped me find self wealth(worth).
I'm rich beyond my wildest dreams.

I think about this a lot. Happiness is really not so elusive.

Does not make up for moral bankruptcy.

This is a wealth that TSF will never know or understand.

You have the true love and companionship of man's best friend. Peace of mind and the ability to count your blessings in spite of life's vicissitudes is priceless. I wish you the best, my DU friend.

I've said it here before. When it's our time, no matter who we are the only thing we leave with are our memories and I wouldn't trade mine for all of the money in the world. I am my buddy's buddy our 15 yr old rescue schizu.
Cheers to you Botany

So is avoidance of the consumptive construct that passes for American culture these days.

Here's a couple of tunes to celebrate that simple prosperity.

I'm sure some of them are. But just seeing people like Musk and Trump, where all they seem to care about is how to score another win, and not really caring who they hurt, causes me to doubt their humanity.

Enjoy your day and your yellow Lab.

Billionaires are just ultra-psychotic hoarders, with a big splash of anal-retentive authoritarian control freak thrown in.