Is money to blame or is it the person who spends it?
November 17th 2008 05:54
The talk of money is never far from anyones lips, especially at the moment with all the crashes occuring around the world and the belts being tightened around the home. But I wonder if money really is as bad as what people make out it is, or whether its more about who's hands it falls into and what those people do with it.
I know poor people who are rich in happiness, but I also know poor people who are miserable and spend their lives worrying about where their next dollar will come from. Then again I know grossly rich people who are happy - they don`t splash their money around, live within the means of their working class neighbours and help out a few stragglers whom they meet along the way. Then I also know grossly rich people who spend their who lives worrying about protecting their mounds of gold and spending ridiculous amounts of money on things that have to be kept in vaults, shoes that remain in their boxes and clothes that have never seen the light of day.
So it would seem that everyone is in the same boat isn`t it? Is it really as idealised as what we make it? That money is the root of all evil and people who are poor are the truly happy ones in this world? Take money out of the equation, they are living with what they know - how can you yearn for a plasma screen TV when you don`t even know what electricity is? Yet they may yearn for the ox that the man 6 fields across has. It`s all relative isn`t it? It`s not just about the money, it`s about everything in life and what you want, what you expect and what you do with what you have.
SO what would you do if you could have all the money you wanted? The reason why I posted this on this blog, which is essentially about travel, is because my ideal would be to travel the world... meet people, talk about life, experience different cultures... that`s where my money would going.
I know poor people who are rich in happiness, but I also know poor people who are miserable and spend their lives worrying about where their next dollar will come from. Then again I know grossly rich people who are happy - they don`t splash their money around, live within the means of their working class neighbours and help out a few stragglers whom they meet along the way. Then I also know grossly rich people who spend their who lives worrying about protecting their mounds of gold and spending ridiculous amounts of money on things that have to be kept in vaults, shoes that remain in their boxes and clothes that have never seen the light of day.
So it would seem that everyone is in the same boat isn`t it? Is it really as idealised as what we make it? That money is the root of all evil and people who are poor are the truly happy ones in this world? Take money out of the equation, they are living with what they know - how can you yearn for a plasma screen TV when you don`t even know what electricity is? Yet they may yearn for the ox that the man 6 fields across has. It`s all relative isn`t it? It`s not just about the money, it`s about everything in life and what you want, what you expect and what you do with what you have.
SO what would you do if you could have all the money you wanted? The reason why I posted this on this blog, which is essentially about travel, is because my ideal would be to travel the world... meet people, talk about life, experience different cultures... that`s where my money would going.
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Comment by Mrs M
Mum's Word
Ideally I'd have a residence in some key locations and try to become a local rather than a tourist.
Love & stuff
Mrs M
Comment by Always Eighteen
Always Eighteen: Japan Edition
Money, like sex, is a very multi-layered issue. But I've also come to realise that having too much money can shelter you from certain things when you travel around the world. Trevor and I took the hard way by eating cheaply and catching the cheapest trains. I'm also spending time with a host family, who have very little money. But because of that lack of wealth I've learnt so much more.
Comment by Lilla
From The Home Front
Enviro Warrior
Dream Herald
Esoteric Bookshop
For me, once the essentials are met, then money is only good for travelling and visiting friends ... and often to poorer places where values are so intrinsic in the simple daily pleasures, that money is almost obsolete. The irony is that I have to spend money to find it in the first place *lol* .. therein lies the paradox, because it was in my back garden int he first place, but without having travelled out of that garden, may never have realised it was there in the first place! *lol* dont you just love life.
Yep, that about sums it up in a nutshell beautifully, doesnt it. BIzarre!
I think that ultimately thought to answer your question; it is the consumer spending the money who is responsible for every trend that has ever been allowed to see the light of day .. and for me, todays *trends* reflect a system of excess, where the simple pleasures of life (like travel) are clearly being put aside for the quick fix of HAVING NOW.
Sad, as more people will miss whats in the gardens perhaps?
thought provoking as always *smile*
Lilla ...