…my ass! It sure is for alot of ppl. Ppl don’t have food or shelter because of it. Their means of survival lessen if they go without it. Fathers kill sons, sons kill father, families go all crazy if their offsprings may not be sending enough to indulge them in their whims.
People have to go endure hardships because of it… living in low-class societies such as KSA or well there are other better examples, but gup would rather prefer the former at the moment.
So give me plenty of good reasons guppies that don’t agree with me that money really isn’t everything to the majority of ppl on our planet.
ps. Ppl do crazy things for money. A fellow amerikan said once in Middle east.
I heard this saying just today - "The cleverest people make a lot of money, but its their stupidity that makes them go after it." - or something to that effect.
money in the hands of a wise, intelligent man/woman is EVERYTHING because they know how to use it without going berzerk and still having a "real" life.
only when money reaches the hands of "idiots" shud we start the discussion on its worthness. juss my 2 cents
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ok, I sometimes hear people say stuff like"as long as you have enough money to cover your basic living expense, you don’t need more to be happy"…
I think that’s basically true. Philosophically the problem arises when you start wondering what “basic living expenses” includes…It’s such a difficult concept to grasp. Most of the misunderstanding between peolpe stem from their different view on the topic, and the fact that they don’t explain that first.
Basic living expense might mean: food, cloth, shelter.
or food, cloth, shelter, medecine, education
or food, cloth, shelter, medecine, education, electricity, running water…and so on
the broader your basic living expenses (western way of life) the harder the path!
some peolpe do crazy things for money, that dosn’t mean they’re right. Their is allways a moral solution to your problems, you only have to think and work harder to reach that goal!
ps, western media allways darken the situation in so called third world, it’s annoying, depressing…driving me mad. I stop litening to them.
I bought one of childhood dream:crying: in fact it’s sad to have enough to buy your dreams because then their are dreams anymore…I really think that the more money you get, the more you realise life lies outside of money, money isn’t everything…
Obviously this is hard to explain to poor people because they will think I am mocking them!
Money is not everything. Money does not make a family cohesive. Money does not teach good manners or bring up children properly. Money provides luxuries we consider necessities. A tv is a necessity. Neither is a computer. An apartment on the 9th floor of a high rise is not a necessity.
Society is commerical and what we consider necessities today are nothing more than desires of greed and status in society. Money is not everything and never will be.
yeah ya'll r rite. i've already built a small hut in the jungle. there i got all the "BASIC" stuff in place. i can have my own clothes made out of sheep skin. i ca have food from the small plants and vegetables tha i grow plus the odd goat whom i kill for meat.
see. i no longer need money. i'm already happy. hahahahaha
Money buys you the ability to take time off and do what you really love, to raise your family, to not have to worry about where the next meal is coming from , how ur gonna pay the bills etc. Just coz ther'es money it doesn't mean that a family is free from problems... it's just one less problem.
Why do u people always start the therads that make me want to come back here? I would love to wax sentimental on the issue only if I could come back. For now, Oscar Wilde will make up for my barren mind...
"It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating"
And, believe me..he was right...unless you could turn 'ur being fascinating' into something 'material'.....And 'ur being fascinating' may be due to all those idealized virtues that that some people THINK they believe in..
they say
Money can't buy happiness
but then again
Happiness can't buy money :P
Money may not be everything, but it sure is very very important. And you only realize its importance when you dont' have much of it or you're finding it hard to cover you "basic needs" as someone said above
I love it when stinkin' rich people (Many in this thread even) post about how "money isn't important". Ofcourse it's not important, you freakin' have loads of it already! Please.
daysee just because something isnt everything doesnt mean its nothing either. You need it to live but if its your only comfort or you use it only for comfort then you are in trouble.
Money isnt everything but its pretty damn big < well said......but only the street smart and hardworkers who know how spend money get rich......cuz its not really about how much you make..its about how u spend your money! you can be working at some factory and if u know how to spend wisely you can save big bucks and u wouldnt bitch about not having money in the end. But foreveryone just gotta remember that money comes and goes...learn to live a peaceful happy live without it and with it. Don't be like those african americans that you see on the tv, who the minute they find money the buy a nice car and jewllery and waste their money! :)
