Are Royalty Rich Prick Bastards??

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So there was a thread on RSDN recently and I thought it was an interesting topic for a blog article.

http://www.rsdnation.com/showthread.php?t=24807&highlight=royalty

Basically it was a thread about a TV special on the obnoxious lifestyle of British Royalty.

It really got me thinking about beliefs that are empowering, beliefs that are disempowering, and everything in between.

For me, there is no advantage in being born rich or poor. It is absolutely arbitrary.

In order to become financially successful, a person who is born as a “have not” will usually be required to undergo a level of personal evolution.

They will have to learn to love themselves and treat themselves with respect by working hard. They will have to learn discipline and the frustratingly gradual nature of progress.

Moreover, they will have to learn a spiritual aspect in that an entrepreneur must deal with massive financial uncertainty, and at times very serious financial loss.

Maintaining success in the long term comes back to that old distinction of "ego versus self esteem".

A person who seeks success in order to glorify themselves will rarely maintain it, while a person who works hard for the privilege of operating at their highest potential and offering value without credit will tend to survive in the long term.

Now think about the financial elite...

They will not have the advantage of engaging in this path from the same perspective -- that "No roof over head, no ground under foot" mode of existence that will shape them into better people over the course of their lives.

And their challenge is two-fold...

When you have had to slave, work, sweat, and risk financial doom for years in order to arrive in a position of abundance, you have a value for a dollar.

You are in a sense, grounded, because you know what’s involved in the creation of wealth and you appreciate it.

More importantly though, is that there is only true enjoyment in that which you have rightfully earned.

For a man who has earned his financial position, to eat at a fine restaurant is a lavish experience because it is the result of work that he produced with his own two hands.

He can eat in contentedness, and in a peaceful moment away from work, because it is his right to do so.

In his heart, he knows that everything could be taken away from him, but that within him are the resources to build it all back, better and stronger than before.

For a person who did not earn their position, every moment of extravagance is a reminder of what they lack.

There is no true enjoyment in any of their privilege. An African tribesman dancing around a fire in his mud hut village is far happier.

What they experience is a simulated happiness, and when it doesn’t satisfy, it makes them feel truly insane.

Human beings are very much like trees or plants, in that we need wind and weather to grow stronger, and a strong set of roots for equilibrium for when we grow tall.

If you’ve ever gardened, you’ve seen what happens when a plant grows up over a wall or any kind of support, and how when you remove it the plant simply falls over and cracks and usually dies.

That is a human being, and those born into the financial elite are often in many ways like the plant that’s grown up against that artificial wall, never aware it was doing so.

The truth is that the level of privilege of the British royalty is so far excessive and superfluous that it is beyond anything anyone could ever put in any real perspective.

Far more important is the sense of self reliance as a man, which offers more happiness than any amount of money could ever provide.

Their journey towards their own truth is no more or less difficult than anyone else’s. It is just different, and they will have their own challenges and ways in which they can choose to evolve.

The only true advantage that is “fair” or “unfair” in this world is education and economy.

In the past year I have travelled Latin America as well as inner cities in the United States, and realized that there are indeed some people who have been dealt a hand in life that is truly unfair.

Human beings, when left on "default setting", are often trapped in mindsets of scarcity, pettiness, and prejudice, anger and hate towards others and themselves.

People who come from poverty oftentimes speak in slang and dialects that points them out as uneducated and creates barriers to their future.

And people who live in economies that are mismanaged by corrupted and radical governments can have all the greatness and potential in the world, with no means through which to express it because the opportunity is simply not there.

That, to me, is the only real instance of fairness when it comes to wealth.

Personally I would never feel envious towards anyone for anything. Be that a guy who is taller than me, better looking, or more financially well off.

I would never scoff at the gifts I’ve been given by looking at other people with jealousy, hatred, or disdain.

Now that’s not to say that it’s bad that the people who expressed negativity towards the royalty shouldn’t have done so.

To me, the value or RSDN is that you get to put your ideas out there to get feedback as well as scrutiny. I value ANYONE who takes the risk to their ego of posting their views on anything, because it exposes them to valuable feedback.

Outlooks and perspectives evolve.

Anyway hopefully this has offered some evolution to your own outlook. Ultimately it is just my own opinion, and how I've chosen to make sense of the world.


Tyler

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