You don't really know what you have until it is gone. James Baldwin expresses the importance of wealth when discussing the expense of being poor. Not owning any resources is a great disservice because of the inconvenience it causes to the person and the people around him.
An example of someone that knows how expensive it is to be poor would be a former successful business tycoon. This man would possess many items to represent his materialistic superiority. However, if something were to go awry and this tycoon fell, he would potentially lose all the things that he formerly prided himself over.
To be able to experience poverty, someone must have been very successful to be able to compare their current status to a prior success. For you to respect and appreciate what you have, at one point you must have been incapable of doing what you do now.
- Kumar
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