Grigori Perelman received the Millennium Prize from
the Clay Mathematics Institute for solving a quandary that had confounded mathematicians for a hundred years, When he was notified that the prize came with a $1 million award, Grigori, a solitary mastermind who lives with his elderly mother in Russia, said that he would need to think
about whether to receive the money.
Grigori may be unconventional but he's not insane. As many
sweepstake winners testify startling wealth can be devastating.
Even the slow and steady agglomeration of wealth can progressively
tighten a noose around our lives.
For the more we have, the more time and money it takes to care for it. Who is less encumbered by possessions, who lives in an apartment and takes the subway to work is better of than a homeowner with a manicured lawn and enough a boat and a Cadillac.
We all come to the close of our lives as bare and empty-handed as on the day we were given birth to We can't take our riches with us," and so we comprehend that our "hard work is for nothing" Jesus said that "life is not calculated by how much you own" (Luke 12:15), Grigori might in fact be better off deprived of the funds As long as his primary necessities are met, he definitely is no worse.