I think about this passage from @paulg often.

A WEALTHY WORLD -- What is wealth? What creates value? What is priceless? Are we living in a time of scarcity or abundance? Are we building careers, lives, legacies that generate wealth for ourselves and others?In the capitalistic system we all occupy and navigate on-the-daily we are presented with a pretty narrow definition of 'wealth'. This... See more

Measuring wealth from zero is a different way to think about it than normal. What makes you wealthy, in the way the word is typically used, isn’t what you have, but what you have compared to the people near you in time, space, and culture.