Why is everything measured by the dollar? Why is a person’s value or lack there of determined by the amount of money he/she makes? How can the dollar determine the flourishing or demise of a marriage? A friendship? or any other relationship?
Our society judges everyone by their looks but that is second to financial prosperity. If you are beautiful and sexy, you need not have very much money or sense; otherwise you better have a lot of money. If you have a lot of money , people don’t care if you have any sense. Sense is rated as the least needed item in America. Actually, Sense is rated a negative in most circles. Stupid people are adored. But I digress, so lets get back to money and other signs of wealth.
If your daughter says she has a boyfriend, what is the first thing you ask? Is he cute? Where does he work? Then you ask – What kind of car does he have? Where does he live? Very rarely does a parent say- Is he a nice boy? Does he come from a nice family? Is he smart?
Example: A young man was in love with a girl that was raised to judge a person by his job, car, house, bank book, etc. Although this young man wanted to marry her; she wouldn’t have it. She married a man who lived in a big brick house, had the finest furniture and many nice automobiles, and a big fat check book. This man beat her, cheated on her and sold the car she had when they married because it wasn’t nice enough for his wife to drive. He then dumped her for someone else and sent her back home to momma without a car to get to work in. But it was too late; the other young man had died of a broken heart.
Example: Howard Hughes was rich and good looking; but he had something else going for him and it was the one thing no one has ever understood – He had a Brilliant mind and the money meant nothing to him.
Example: When I was growing up, there was an elder lady in our neighborhood that rode a bicycle with a basket on the front. No matter what the weather , all day she would ride around on this bicycle in her simple clothes and pick up cans and put them in her basket. My mother and all our neighbors would save their cans and give them to her when she passed by. Our community helped the poor little widow woman. When she passed away , we found out she lived in a huge brick house and had millions of dollars. But again she had sense. She didn’t sit around on her butt all day rolling in her money. She got out and helped her community. How did she help her community by letting everyone believe she was a poor little widow woman. Thats exactly how, the community was better for having helped her.
Money is the number one cause of divorce in America; it is also the number one cause of Murder/Suicides (usually these occur in more affluent households). People strive for all the Things that supposedly make one successful; when in truth success comes from being able to live and be happy without all the trappings of financial affluence.
The truth of the matter is Love is more important than money. Everything is more important than money.
People who believe money is everything; will do anything for money.
I personally have lived in shacks and didn’t know where my next meal was coming from; I have also lived in big fine houses and could have whatever I wanted but I was miserable. I would much rather be broke and happy than have money and be sad.
I truly believe that if you are happy and grateful for what you have, more will be bestowed upon you; and if you are not satisfied with what you have , you will never have anything.
Example: Actor Jim Carey
He is not an attractive man by society’s standards; but he has sense. He took his sense of humor and made millions but he never forgot where he came from or the people who made him famous. He doesn’t go out and throw his money to people and say look at me I’m famous and I am helping you; he casually drops money on the sidewalks of poor neighborhoods for people to find; the reason this is known is because someone saw him do it; he didn’t run around bragging about it or send out press releases about the great thing he does.
I encourage my children to associate themselves with Ugly , Smart people with kind hearts and little money; and to stay away from beautiful , stupid people with lots of money and no hearts.
Most of our ancestors had very little but they made it; and they were happy. Most people today have a lot, and they are not happy. Take a look around. Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy misery.
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