Success and Failure

Sometimes I feel a little down because I am not living the American version of "the good life" I don't have a nice house in the suburbs with a dog, and a cat, and a white picket fence. Financially, I am in what would be the lower middle class in the United States. In Mexico, it is true I am in the upper middle class and live fairly well by local standards but I am not able to save at the rate I wish. I must admit one of the reasons I left the U.S. is because I no longer wanted to live on the wrong side of financial divide. Being poor in America is like being a servant in a rich mans estate, you are surrounded my the trappings of wealth but unable to possess any. I do not claim any grand solutions to poverty or class division, being a professional slacker precludes me from offering any and I have no problem with people making tons of money provided the pay their fair share of taxes. I do not believe the mere possession of great wealth is an indicator of character. Donald Trump is a pig, no question. But Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are giving away the vast bulk of their estates to build a better world so it is fair to judge what such people do instead of just who they are.
Myself, I am a nobody. Always have been and always will be. I suppose if I continued to live in America I would have developed resentments at the "haves" but here I am pretty much surrounded by "have nots" and it helps keep everything in perspective. Even though I am a nobody, I feel I have lived a very fortunate life. I have seen more of the world than most people. I have tons of free time to read, play video games, etc. I have a very attractive young wife and two healthy beautiful sons. I have no disability or health problems. Life for me is good, better than probably 90% of the worlds population. I don't say any of this to brag, more in a way to count my blessings. I think that being free of petty resentments allow me to view things in slightly more unbiased fashion. I don't measure success on how much money I have or what status I possess, I measure success on the quality of life lived.