you could be The Wealthiest Person in the World

The wealthiest person in the world is the one who needs nothing.

You might imagine wealth as something measured in gold, stocks, or sprawling estates, but true wealth transcends these illusions. The wealthiest person is the one who has shed the need for more, who exists beyond the clutches of desire and the anxieties that accompany it.

In a world where baseline anxiety is constantly induced by the looming projection of threats—whether real or imagined—most people remain trapped in a cycle of need and fear. This anxiety doesn’t just appear; it’s a product of our perception, driven by a society that thrives on the turmoil of its inhabitants. As Dr. K from Healthy Gamer GG quotes ”anxiety is essentially a heightened Baseline of worry around projected threats. 99% of our perception of stress is what’s driving most of the turmoil we experience.” and “what a true stressor is and what a perceived stress is messed up.”

We live in a framework of evaluation, of constantly weighing ourselves against narratives, values, and systems that we've absorbed over time. These frameworks define our identity, our sense of importance, and our perceived stability. But they are also the source of our anxiety, creating a perception of threats that may not even exist.

We offer ourselves to this cycle, rejecting or avoiding what makes us feel bad, often without understanding why. But what if we could step outside this cycle? What if wealth wasn’t about accumulating more but about needing less? What if the richest person wasn’t the one who had everything but the one who had transcended the need for anything?

True wealth is not found in what you possess but in what you can live without. It’s the peace that comes from knowing that you are enough, that you don’t need to cling to external validations or material possessions to feel secure. The wealthiest person is free from the chains of desire, from the baseline anxiety that drives most people to accumulate more in a futile attempt to ward off their fears.

When you no longer need anything, you are invincible. No threat can shake you, no loss can harm you, because your sense of self is not tied to what you have but to who you are. This is the ultimate freedom—the freedom from need, from fear, from the endless cycle of desire.

So, in your musings, consider this: The true measure of wealth isn’t found in the size of your bank account but in the depth of your contentment. The wealthiest person in the world is the one who has mastered the art of needing nothing. And in that mastery, they have found a peace that money could never buy.