Well beyond the dreams of ordinary hard working mortals like you and me, I read yesterday that the president of Barclays bank will receive a sixty three million pound package. His name is Bob Diamond and he is fifty eight years old so there is no way on this earth that he will ever require that amount of money during his lifetime or even ten lifetimes!
I cannot understand why some people are paid such mind blowing amounts because there is not one human being whether it is a sports person, film star, banker, president or prime minister who is worthy of such large sums. Why is it that some people like film stars very often demand huge amounts of money for a film because they can't really 'need' the money and neither can they spend it all.
Through all of my working life I only ever earned enough to get through each month with very little left after paying rent and bills so I have no savings. Being a woman and living alone has not been easy but at least I have a clear conscience because even if I had been offered such an enormous sum of money for my services, I don't think I could have accepted it. There are so many people who have so little but it doesn't mean that their contribution through work or anything else has no value.
Fabulous riches for me would be about two hundred and fifty thousand pounds as that would enable me to buy a bungalow with a garden near to my grand-children. Then I could spend a lot more time with them and teach them cooking, gardening and other things during school holidays because they grow up so quickly. Having that amount would also leave me a little bit of money that would last me for the rest of my life and allow me and the grand-children a few treats occasionally.
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