None inherit good deeds, yet some inherit great wealth / by kevin murray

While it certainly makes sense that those that achieve material substance in this life, would want to make it their point, to thereby provide to their progeny as well as to causes of merit, some of that material substance for their benefit; it would also be sensible to state, that wealth provided to those that are not responsible in the usage of such, or even worthy of such, is imprudent.  After all, those having labored hard and having been both prudent and diligent in their life, while also having been fortunate enough to have been compensated fairly for having done so, have an innate responsibility to see that the wealth so created by the sweat of their brow, is ultimately provided as an aid to others of merit, as opposed to being simply handed forth to those that are unprepared, or wastrels or spendthrifts.

 

Another way to look upon such is to recognize that all the good that we do, and all the good deeds that we perform, come forth from our conscious effort and desire to do so.  This thus means that  good deeds primarily emanate from those that have made it their principle to perform good deeds, and that therefore there is no such thing as being able to inherit good deeds, for good deeds are done by the living, and cannot be performed by the dead or by those that are not yet born.  So too, the honors that good people, rightly earn, are earned by their diligence and throughput, typically performed over an extended period of time, of which this honor is characteristically recognized by one's peers as their due that is deserved by that person for having gone above and beyond, for the benefit of others, and in recognition that what has been accomplished is of significant merit.

 

So that, while it is fair to stipulate that providing some wealth to others has its place, it is also fair to state, that providing an abundance of wealth to those that have proved nothing, accomplished nothing, and from the granting of such wealth, will in all likelihood, erode their desire to make or do something positive with their life, is probably misguided, more often than not.  This signifies, that those that have gained great wealth, should by all means, utilize such wealth, per their inclination when they are amongst the living; and that excess wealth, not utilized, should be primarily passed onto worthy institutions and worthy people, for the benefit of the people as a whole, as compared to providing such abundantly or nearly exclusively to those that have done little or nothing to merit having such.

 

Again, one cannot inherit good deeds, yet, great wealth is inherited, all of the time.  The problem with this construct is that good deeds are of real value to society, at large; whereas great wealth while being something that is quite capable of being of help to or in the providing of aid in the creation of good things, can also regrettably be selfishly used or squandered by the recipient of such; indicating that wealth inherited by those that are irresponsible or unprepared, is wealth often misallocated, which weakens societies, as well as weakening the impact of those good deeds so done.