So whoever first said "money can't by happiness" hit the jackpot with that statement, for most people we all dream of being rich and famous living the luxury life not having to answer to any one else but our own indulgent thoughts and greediness to want the best money can buy. Though as individuals growing up in a capitalists society where money is evertyhing we often don't see the bigger picture or more so ask the genuwine question "what really makes us happy?". You hear celebrities, wealthy indiviuals, along with hit movies proclaim that the more money you have the more likely you will be un-happy with it all, and I for one have always been like " WDF are you smokin? give me a million bucks and i'll be living the life i've always wanted, weekend getaways, luxury cars, hot bitches, French nanny, decked out crib etc." then I read about this millionare guy above Karl Rabeder who is 47 and an Australian millionare "for now that is"; I start to think...would money really make my life that much better? or are the simplest things in life sweeter.
Rabeder says "Money is counterproductive – it prevents happiness to come." and thus he is giving it all away!! thats crazy right? it's like something you would see in a movie and be like woow thats deep, but he's actually for real and giving all his money away. When every penny of his estimated $4.7 million fortune is gone, Rabeder intends to move into a small wooden hut in the mountains or a studio in Innsbruck. He has already sold his luxury villa with lake in the Alps, his 42-acre estate in France, his six gliders, and the interior furnishings and accessories business that got him rich starting out. "For a long time I believed that more wealth and luxury automatically meant more happiness," Rabeder said. "I come from a very poor family where the rules were to work more to achieve more material things, and I applied this for many years." speaking to The Daily Telegraph of London. Futhermore Rabeder felt as if he was working "as a slave for things I did not wish for or need," then adding "I have the feeling that there are a lot of people out there doing the same thing." So how does a millionare come to this life changing conclusion? "A three-week vacation with his wife in Hawaii, plus gliding trips to South America and Africa left him with feelings of guilt" Rabeder said, and the sense that there was a connection between his wealth and the poverty of the people he saw.
"It was the biggest shock of in my life, when I realized how horrible, soulless and without feeling the five-star lifestyle is," Rabeder speaking to the Telegraph.Since selling off some of his possessions, Rabeder says he has felt "free, the opposite of heavy," which was the feeling all his wealth had to offer through his lifetime of success.
So all his money will go to the non-profit Mymicrocharity, which Rabeder says he has set up to offer small loans to needy people in Central and South America, and to encourage development and self-employment in the region.
THATS CRAZY RIGHT!! I don't know if i can ever be that un-happy with money but i'll certainly try if i ever had that much to blow, but we here at Heyylos give this guy a whopping 2-Thumbs up for his worldly generosity and bold step to a seemingly happier lifestyle.
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