The "Crumbs" Litmus Test

The test defines true richness not by how much you have, but by the value

of what you discard. A person is truly rich when the crumbs from their table, the resources they

just casually waste or tip out or spend without a second thought, are another person's

entire sustenance. We do this all the time. We compare ourselves to the person above

us, the billionaire, and that lets us feel poor. Right.

But the source material asks us to compare ourselves to the Lazarus at our gate. So let's talk about

those modern crumbs, because they're not literal scraps of bread anymore. No,

they are the disposable income, the excessive conveniences, the services we subscribe to and