- basically success and happiness are predefined, and everyone should follow the pattern.
- more money more happiness
- due to the first and second reasons, people are classified into low and high rank. People with more money, more beauty are more valuable than the ugly/average/(rarely)handsome nerdy engineers/scientists with less money?
By reading your post, it suggests that you are more materialistic than spiritual. How do you know Henry had a sad life? Maybe he got a wonderful but peaceful life? How do you know John is happy? He may have exchange a lot to get that amount of money. By the way, do you think Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg make a lot of money by communication only?
Why do you worry so much about not being smarter than other people, more beautiful than other people? Try to answer that question. Is it somehow related to your confident level?
You should be happy and sympathize with people who do not have as much as advantages as society think. Imagine a society with everyone as smart as others, as beauty as others, as strong as others, as tall as others.... Is it good?