Money. Isn't it wonderful? A commodity invented by mankind in order to precipitate exchanges of goods and services. It has also become one of the single biggest dividers in human history. Some have it, some do not. Some have lots of it, others are not so lucky.
We are told from an early age (well, I was at least. I assume this message gets around) that money is not a key to happiness. That a person with hardly anything can live a much happier life than one with money to burn. It really is a lovely sentiment. Lovely but wrong in my opinion.
Do not mistake me, I do not for one minute believe that all rich people are happy. Far from it. I am sure that they have their fair share of misery and hardship. The one area that they do not have that in is financially. Survey upon survey has been done about what people worry about the most, or what is the most common cause of tension in a relationship and money seems to top the list every time. As people who are financially comfortable do not have this worry, their problems are different. The inequality is that poor people have those problems too, except they have to deal with them on minimum wage, in a small house and while driving a second hand car.
Things come easier if you have money. Look at the current global economy. Its collapse has had a huge impact on the lower earners of society. These are the people who have lost their jobs, or are living in fear that they will. These are the university graduates who are struggling to find any employment at all. If you do not have money, you have nothing to offer society. That seems to be the case at the moment.
The Beatles once sang "I don't care too much for money". I guess it was easy for them to do, as it was something they never had to worry about by that stage in their careers. Honestly, money has never been something that has concerned me too much, but I have been fortunate. I have not had money troubles until now. In the middle of a global recession. I ask for no sympathy I am merely remarking on my situation within the global climate.
Money is like oxygen and sex: not something you think about until you are not getting any.
We are told from an early age (well, I was at least. I assume this message gets around) that money is not a key to happiness. That a person with hardly anything can live a much happier life than one with money to burn. It really is a lovely sentiment. Lovely but wrong in my opinion.
Do not mistake me, I do not for one minute believe that all rich people are happy. Far from it. I am sure that they have their fair share of misery and hardship. The one area that they do not have that in is financially. Survey upon survey has been done about what people worry about the most, or what is the most common cause of tension in a relationship and money seems to top the list every time. As people who are financially comfortable do not have this worry, their problems are different. The inequality is that poor people have those problems too, except they have to deal with them on minimum wage, in a small house and while driving a second hand car.
Things come easier if you have money. Look at the current global economy. Its collapse has had a huge impact on the lower earners of society. These are the people who have lost their jobs, or are living in fear that they will. These are the university graduates who are struggling to find any employment at all. If you do not have money, you have nothing to offer society. That seems to be the case at the moment.
The Beatles once sang "I don't care too much for money". I guess it was easy for them to do, as it was something they never had to worry about by that stage in their careers. Honestly, money has never been something that has concerned me too much, but I have been fortunate. I have not had money troubles until now. In the middle of a global recession. I ask for no sympathy I am merely remarking on my situation within the global climate.
Money is like oxygen and sex: not something you think about until you are not getting any.
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