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went to another person or, possi- leaking? Or maybe you withheld need of clothes and food, while
bly, an organization. If you didn’t support when emergencies afflicting ensuring that every single person
then either people are fighting over the people you loved, took them you gave money to paid you back
them, or they have reverted to the down financially. You probably in full – no exceptions, no excuses,
bank or government. But you died shook your head at their supposed no questions. Maybe you turned
rich, so I guess that’s okay. Right? lack of planning, while you con- down a person who was looking for
tinued with your plan to die rich. ways to establish a social welfare
Does this mean that, per the Perhaps you set your face, drawing initiative that would have benefited
person’s suggestion, you held back on some wisdom from a self-help thousands? Because, after all, it is
your hand when people in need guru who told you sometimes you your money. You worked hard for
of the riches you had came to you need to shed the ‘dead-weight’ to it. Right? You earned every op-
asking for assistance, to prevent the reach your goals. You might have portunity and position where you
buckets of money you had from ignored the plight of the child in got the money from. You did the

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