Selvaraaju’s Pensive

Money – O- Mania June 10, 2008

The wait is over.. Read my post

Everybody in this world somehow works or does things that will get money for them. Most of the people in this world think that the money can bring and buy anything. Some people are ready to do anything to get money. There are peoples who are mad about money making.

Does money buy love? ” Why not!”  could be their reply. They have justification to everything.

People will respect you if you got money. Money brings status to you.  Great houses can be built with the money. Luxurious cars can be bought with the money. Fashionable clothes and jewellery can be worn by you if you have money.  You can gift anything to anybody and that may bring happiness to them.  

Most of the people I have met have ambition of making money in quick way. They want to settle in the life as quick as possible. Settling in life means to a typical person are possessing the following

• A good house
• Luxurious car
• Tension free life
• Better lifestyle
• Having plethora of money in their bank account

When I analysed the question “whether money brings everything to you”, I object to most of people’s opinion.  Sometimes I feel confident to take some decision if my bank balance is more (I mean some financial decision). I spent money to buy clothes for my family and to buy some good for my home. I created happiness in my family and in my friends..but that is temporary.  Money will never bring permanent happiness to anybody. Money is temporary. There are lots of thing in this world which money has no way of buying them.

First thing is knowledge. If you got knowledge, you can make money. But the vice versa is not true. Maybe you can spend money you have to acquire the knowledge.  This is also valid but “Can you really acquire tru knowledge if you got money”. If you got money, that means you got hi fi lifestyle and you got lots of commitment.  The distractions are more. A person who has got money will never spend enough time to acquire the knowledge.  May be they will hire people who has got that knowledge to work for them.

So the option that money can buy knowledge is ruled out!! Other things are good friendship, love, etc. There are uncountable things that money cannot buy. 

Most of the people fall in this trap of settling quickly in this life. They want to earn heavily during their young age and want to enjoy the rest of life (Good thinking but you are madly following a trend). Think in this way.. You acquire knowledge during your young age and make your living with your earnings.  Why do you want to buy a car and built new houses ( to add pollution to this world)?

Why are people curious about money? They sleep and breathe money.  If I am a chance to acquire knowledge but I wont be paid too much, I will take it, eventhough the money is not enough for my living. I know other people are quite different. They follow the same thing as their father’s did and their son will do the same thing. Money is a trap. Having a good hi fi lifestyle is not natural.

I urge you to consider my point of view and I would be happy if my opinion has created some awareness in you about money.

Please leave your comments if you object or support my idea!!