I don't think there are inevitability between whethere the children blessedness or not and the genearch rich or not, mainly depend on how their children how to treat with the lives.
I don't know why intitle “The chapped bridge”, perhaps it is a joke the earth gaggery to human!We can't find our truly blessedness without suffering pain.
Surely it is not true blessedness to be free from sorrow, while there is sorrow and sin in the world: sorrow is then a part of love, and love does not seek to throw it off.