Suresh Pant Trinity International College

A l i fe of l uxury- dream or ni ght mare?

I want t o be gr eat l i ke El vi s wi t hout t he hassl e i s what t he song I want t o be a Rockst ar by
Ni ckl eback says. For sure, we al l want t o be t he one and have t he l i fe f ul l of l uur y t hat we
dr ea! about " " t he one t hat t hey have. #oday, t he !eani ng of l uur y f or $eo$l e has changed f r o!
havi ng t ons of gol d i n t he $ast t o havi ng a bi g !ansi on, a do%en of t he fanci est car s and a cr edi t
car d wi t h no l i !i t . No !at t er how har d we t r y t o deny i t , we al l want i t . &e want be l i ke t hose
$eo$l e who have had t he best of l i f e, but we of t en t end t o f or get t hat t he dr ea! of l uur y al so
!eans t hat i t wi l l co!e wi t h i t s own shar e of ni ght !ar es.
' l i f e of l uur y i s what ever y nor !al l i fe dr ea!s of. ' bi g house, a cou$l e of car s, an account at
t he (wi ss )ank, unl i !i t ed access t o t he !ost ha$$eni ng event s and for sur e, l ot s and l ot s of
!oney. I t !ay sound l i ke a del i ght but , wi t h al l t he !at er i al i st i c l ust co!es a gr eat fear of
l osi ng t he! and t he securi t y i ssues concer ned. &e oft en hear t he news of r i ch $eo$l e bei ng
ki l l ed, ki dna$$ed, r obbed and so on* t he recent ki dna$$i ng of a +ei can oi l t ycoon,s son can be
t aken as an ea!$l e. ' l i fe f ul l of l uur y r esul t s i n a l i fe sans secur i t y. -es, !oney can buy
bodyguar ds but !oney surel y woul d not be enough t o scr a$ t hat f ear of f f r o! one,s head. &e al l
!ay dr ea! of t he l i fe but , none of us t hi nk of t he f ear t hat co!es al ong.
'l so, bei ng abl e t o l i ve a l uur i ous l i f e co!es wi t h a l ot of r es$onsi bi l i t y, soci al res$onsi bi l i t y.
.nce $eo$l e st art bei ng count ed i n t he ecl usi ve,s l i st i n t he soci al ci r cui t , i t i s $r et t y !uch
i nevi t abl e t o negl ect t hat . It beco!es har d t o kee$ u$ wi t h t he l i fe t hat i s chosen. If so!eone
want s t o ret ai n hi s l i f e of l uur y, he wi l l have t o change hi s val ues t owar ds l uur y as $er t he
changi ng soci et y. If l uur y !eans havi ng a hi gh defi ni t i on /E0 t el evi si on i n your r oo!, t hen
t hr ow your ol d f l at scr een away. I f an ant i 1ue car ved wooden t abl e refl ect s l uur y, t hr ow t he ol d
!et al one away. It i s i !$r act i cal and so not easy t o l i ve u$ t o t he e$ect at i ons. Even wr i t i ng
about i t i s so di f f i cul t * we can onl y i !agi ne how l i vi ng i t woul d be.
Fur t her , l i f e of l uur y r esul t s i n bei ng t he a$$l e of t he $ubl i c eyes. It i s wel l a$$r eci at ed, but
bei ng f a!ous t akes our !ost de!anded r i ght 2 $r i vacy. &i t h const ant br eachi ng, i t !ay even
l ead t o br eak downs* t he l i fe and deat h of +i chael 3ackson can be t aken as an ea!$l e. 4e l i ved
a l i f e ful l of l uur y, and he was const ant l y i n t he $ubl i c eyes. /at er , he f el t t hat hi s $r i vacy was
vi ol at ed t o such an et ent t hat he coul d not t r ust anyone. 's a resul t , he ended u$ bei ng f ri end
wi t h a chi !$an%ee and o$eni ng a %oo at hi s own house. &e can al l say we want a l i f e l i ke hi s,
but we never get t o t he dar ker si de of i t . ' l ot of $eo$l e drea! t o !ake i t bi g l i ke El vi s, but I
guess none of us want t o l ock our sel ves i n t he bat hr oo! for hour s i n a day and end u$ get t i ng
ki l l ed. &e do want t o be known l i ke 4eat h /edger , but none of us dr ea! t o di e of dr ug
over dose.
/i vi ng a l uuri ous l i fe i s l i ke a dr ea! f or us. )ut f or t hose who do have l uur y, t hei r l i fe i s a
dr ea!. &e !ay ho$e t o have ever y t hi ng l uuri ous t hat i s $resent , but t he ones who do have i t
ho$e f or nor !al l i f e for t he!. 4avi ng a l i f e f ul l of l uur y, i n !ost of t he cases, !eans t hat you
have ever yt hi ng you want i n fr ont of you, but t here i s no one t o share i t wi t h. -ou !ay be
f ol l owed by a huge nu!ber of $eo$l e, but t her e i s no one t o wal k wi t h. /uur y !ay $r ovi de us
wi t h ever y !at er i al i st i c i ndul gence $ossi bl e, but i t !ay not be our f ri end when we f eel al one,
!oney wi l l not t al k t o us when we need so!eone t o t al k t o. &e !ay never f al l short on !oney
but we !ay r un out of t r ue fr i ends. &e wi l l end u$ l i ke +i ss 4avi sha! of 56r eat
E$ect at i ons," by 7har l es 0i ckens.
'l l i n al l we can concl ude t hat a l i f e of l uur y i s what we dr ea! of , but we f ai l t o 1uest i on
our sel ves8 woul d t hat be t he l i f e t hat we real l y want 9 -es, we wi l l get ever y t hi ng t hat we !i ght
$ossi bl y want , but we !ay f al l short on our val ues. &e !ay have ever y t hi ng we want , but we
sur el y wi l l not be sat i sf i ed wi t h who we have. :ersonal l y, I bel i eve t hat a l i f e of l uur y cr eat es
a cer t ai n voi d i n a $er son, whi ch no asset can cover . (i !$l est t hi ngs i n l i f e !ake t he !ost sense.
Suresh Pant Trinity International College
#hus, i f I were t o choose bet ween a cr edi t car d wi t hout a l i !i t al ong wi t h bi g !ansi on and a
cr edi t car d wi t h l i !i t and a s!al l house, I woul d rat her set t l e f or t he l at t er one.