No doubt, Money is an essential, almost indispensable article in

the present day world. It is the money through which we can

purchase all the necessary comforts and amenities of life. If you
have money, you can obtain what seems impossible to others. It
is the money which gives man, confidence, creditworthiness,
credentials, capacity, capabilities and courage. In present day
materialistic world, money has become very powerful. In the
present day corruption, cut throat competition, callous
degradation of moral and ethical values, are for the sake of
grabbing and accumulating more and more money. The
prestige, respect, social status, commanded by a person is
calculated per his monetary status.
Time has gone, when we valued a person in evaluated of his
moral and ethical values. People were earlier known for keeping
their words, for donating every thing to a donee. Now people
are know in terms of their ranking in the list of rich of the world.
Money has become the centre of all activities. Money and
muscle power have become essential ingredients of a successful
political leader.
Money is regarded as omnipotent by a few people, particularly
by the poor. As whatever one does not possess, one aspires it
badly, and it becomes mono aim of achievement. For the rich,
that owe lots of money, still craving to earn more and more, by
hook or by crook, with fair or foul means, without caring even for
their own health, own family. They are the servants of money,
earning money not for the sake of themselves but for the sake of
money and a time comes they find themselves unable to use the
money for their happiness. They are unable to eat, unable to
taste the most delicious dish, unable to move, walk or enjoy
because they suffer from many diseases which are the result of
their undue craving for wealth at the cost of health. Can one
purchase anything with the power of money?
No, one cannot. You cannot purchase inner satisfaction with
money, you cannot purchase the lost youthfulness with money,
you cannot purchase time from the death at any cost.
Those who earn money simply to a have more money, more
balance in their accounts are no better than the proverbial miser
king Midas. Excessive love for money, make a man slave of
money. Money is important for our life, but it is not the most
important thing for a human being.Those who use money for
fulfilling their necessities, acquiring reasonable comforts and for
the welfare of a common good, are the masters of money. But
those who earn money just for the sake of increasing its volume
and number are slaves of the money. They are the most
unfortunate creatures of God who know well that whatever
money they are earning, cant be taken an iota of that when
they die even they are minting more and more money. What a
paradox Money has become their master and they are just
slaves, having no peace of mind, no moral and ethical values,
no inner satisfaction.
So it is rightly said that money is a good servant but a bad
master. Let us use the money for our comfort, not for the sake of
money, minting more and more money.
Our living conditions are gradually improving and thus our need
of money for daily life is on the increase. It is obvious that money
is very helpful to us, but in addition to its benefits, there are many
downsides that it has brought into life.

Firstly, money brings about a lot of advantages as seen from the
fact. We use it to equip our houses with furniture, to buy food,
clothes and all other things we need to live comfortably. Money
is an essential precondition for every student to go to school and
for every patient to see a doctor. Moreover, we can use it for
charity to help compensate somewhat our unfortunate feeling /
sense of duty by making material / financial contributions.
Without money, our living conditions would be penurious / poor,
and very hard to meet the minimum requirements / basic needs
in life, which is simply eating or drinking.

Apart from those advantages, money has brought us numerous
downsides. First of all, it makes us grasping. Money is
undoubtedly very valuable in life, the more money we earn, the
more materials we have. Therefore, people always try their best
to earn as much money as possible due to their desire to have a
better life. Some, however, do not. They want more money
simply because of their rivalries. They wish to be as wealthy as
millionaires or billionaires without working for it. This undeliberately
/ unreasonable attitude to life is contrary to morality. Secondly,
money rules over evil-doing behaviours / evil deeds. Earning
money legitimately is a difficult task, but some people want it to
be an easy one by committing conscienceless / irresponsible
acts which are likely to be robbing or murdering. They are not
alive to the fact that such behaviours can end them up in prison.
/ The road of their lives is certainly not to become criminal and
end up in prison.

In other words, whether money does us good or harm it depends
greatly on our perception of it. With money in our hands, we
should let it be our servants, not our masters in order to build a
better and better world where no crimes exist. / We should
consider the money in our hands to be our servant, not our
master in order to build an increasingly better world without
crimes.
Money is a wonderful invention of man. In the primitive-society
human needs were simple and limited. In course of time Barter
system prevailed and commodity to commodity exchange
came into existence. So, direct exchange of goods for goods is
known as barter system. With the passage of time
5. Difficulty in transfer of value paved the way for the invention of
money.
Money plays a crucial role in the determination of income,
output, employment, general price level and it is significant in
the field of consumption, distribution, exchange, public finance
etc.
So it is worthwhile to know the meaning of money. To have a
clear-cut idea on money, let us examine some of the definitions
given by different economists from time to time.
MONEY is not, properly speaking, one of the subjects of
commerce; but only the instrument which men have agreed
upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another.
It is none of the wheels of trade: It is the oil which renders the
motion of the wheels more smooth and easy. If we consider any
one kingdom by itself, it is evident, that the greater or less plenty
of money is of no consequence; since the prices of commodities
are always proportioned to the plenty of money, and a crown in
HARRY VII.'s time served the same purpose as a pound does at
present.*22 It is only the public which draws any advantage from
the greater plenty of money; and that only in its wars and
negociations with foreign states. And this is the reason, why all
rich and trading countries from CARTHAGE to GREAT BRITAIN and
HOLLAND, have employed mercenary troops, which they hired
from their poorer neighbours. Were they to make use of their
native subjects, they would find less advantage from their
superior riches, and from their great plenty of gold and silver;
since the pay of all their servants must rise in proportion to the
public opulence. Our small army of 20,000 men is maintained at
as great expence as a FRENCH army
a
twice as numerous. The
ENGLISH fleet, during the late war,*23 required as much money
to support it as all the ROMAN legions, which kept the whole
world in subjection, during the time of the emperors.*24
Does money buy happiness? I know of several people that
would say yes, no, and some people that would say yes and no.
I am personally stuck on yes and no.
There are many reasons why people would say yes. Kids often
need money to buy toys, electronics, other games, etc. These
things make them happy. They like these things. For adults, some
like books, education for kids, and television. All of this costs
money. Its what they want. That is what brings them happiness.
Many people would argue with this though.
university of Texas at Austin.

Money is underrated.
That claim may seem ridiculous, in an era of conspicuous
consumption. One hardly need belong to the superrich to drive
an imposing
SUV, dine out frequently at ever better restaurants, shovel grunt
work to a
housekeeper, pamper oneself with pick-me-ups (facials,
massages) once
reserved for the upper echelons, or have ones daily routine
facilitated by
technological conveniences undreamed of a few decades
ago. Shoppingand
charginghave become national addictions.
At the same time that the appetite for material goods seems
insatiable, people are commonly plagued by clouds of guilt.
Some part of them
views material desires as a vice. Students identifying themselves
as business
majors characteristically inject a self-deprecating remark to pre-
empt others
anticipated criticism of their 1interest in money. The familiar
analysis is that
people today are too materialistic, that thirst for stuff has
crowded out more
worthy pursuits. Our obsession with material goods has created
imbalances;
workaholics complain of inadequate time to enjoy their riches.
The very term
consumer society is usually a derisive rather than a neutral
description of
modern life1.
Moneyat least at the theoretical levelis persistently
attacked from left and right alike. Witness recent protests at
World Trade
Organization meetings and complaints against pharmaceutical
companies,
lamenting the power of the rich. Or listen to rightwing social
commentators
(such as William Bennett, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Hilton Cramer)
who warn
that having it too easy corrupts our virtue, makes us soft, and
spoils our
children.2 Across the political spectrum, all agree that the
materially
successful bear a responsibility to give back to their communities,
implying
that prosperity means that one has taken too much.
3. How Money "Buys" Happiness
So where does money shine in? How does money contribute to
happiness?
In two principal ways. Both directly and indirectly, money
facilitates
a persons achievement of values.
A. Material Beings Have Material Needs
Human beings are not brains in vats. We are physical as well as
spiritual beings, bodies as well as consciousnesses. As such, we
have material
needs. Money is instrumental in meeting these needs. It provides
the ability to
trade for the requisite goods.
This does not underestimate the spiritual dimension of life. For
many
people, it is precisely certain spiritual values that make life worth
living.12
Nonetheless, what keeps us going, at the most biologically
fundamental level,
is the fulfillment of physical needs. Certain material basics are
indispensable.
It is ludicrous to minimize this fact or to proceed as if it somehow
shouldnt be
the case. Even the missionary or the ascetic requires a place to
rest his body,
food to nourish him, medicine to heal his illnesses.
The tenet that money cant buy happiness often manifests a
broader
hostility toward human beings physical nature. To a
considerable extent,
disdain for money reflects Platonic snobbery against the sensory
realm of
particulars. It is the legacy of a mind-body dichotomy that pits
the mind as
morally superior and our material nature as base.
In fact, however, the spiritual is empty apart from the material. A
person cannot experience or enjoy anything as a disembodied
being. He must
satisfy his material needs. Money is his means of doing that. It is
his claim to
the goods and services required for the maintenance of his life. It
is wealth
whether in the form of the currency that a person possesses or in
the goods
that he produces and can convert into currencythat enables
a person to
acquire the things without which he could not survive.
The misuse of material goods is, regrettably, widespread. People
often exaggerate the power of wealth. They expect more of
material goods
than they can deliver, investing emotionally in wealth per se
rather than in the
ends that make wealth meaningful. These misconceptions foster
the
12 I highlight this in Viable Values, pp. 136-143.
Reason Papers Vol. 26
13
assumption that the problem rests in money itself. Yet the misuse
is just that
an error on our part. Material goods are vital to happiness.
My contention is not that money or material goods are inherently
valuable. They are not valuable regardless of the reasons for
which they are
sought, the means by which they are sought, or the uses to
which they are put.
Nothing is good independently of an individuals context.13
Material objects
become good only when they offer a positive contribution to a
persons
survival and flourishing. Material stuff remains morally neutral until
it carries
some palpable impact on a persons well-being.
Money can, however, be a passkey to all manner of values
mundane
or modest, rare or extravagant, offering immediate gratification
or longerlasting
fulfilment. Money can buy hamburger or caviar, wool or sable,
bus fare
or a cruise, a wheelchair or a new nose, electric service or a
hyper-fast
wireless Web access. Money can help a person to obtain any of
the ever-expanding
range of goods and services that others have created and offer
for
sale. Its potential in this regard is limited only by individuals
productive
ingenuity.
3. How Money "Buys" Happiness
So where does money shine in? How does money contribute to
happiness?
In two principal ways. Both directly and indirectly, money
facilitates
a persons achievement of values.
A. Material Beings Have Material Needs
Human beings are not brains in vats. We are physical as well as
spiritual beings, bodies as well as consciousnesses. As such, we
have material
needs. Money is instrumental in meeting these needs. It provides
the ability to
trade for the requisite goods.
This does not underestimate the spiritual dimension of life. For
many
people, it is precisely certain spiritual values that make life worth
living.12
Nonetheless, what keeps us going, at the most biologically
fundamental level,
is the fulfilment of physical needs. Certain material basics are
indispensable.
It is ludicrous to minimize this fact or to proceed as if it somehow
shouldnt be
the case. Even the missionary or the ascetic requires a place to
rest his body,
food to nourish him, medicine to heal his illnesses.
The tenet that money cant buy happiness often manifests a
broader
hostility toward human beings physical nature. To a
considerable extent,
disdain for money reflects Platonic snobbery against the sensory
realm of
particulars. It is the legacy of a mind-body dichotomy that pits
the mind as
morally superior and our material nature as base.
In fact, however, the spiritual is empty apart from the material. A
person cannot experience or enjoy anything as a disembodied
being. He must
satisfy his material needs. Money is his means of doing that. It is
his claim to
the goods and services required for the maintenance of his life. It
is wealth
whether in the form of the currency that a person possesses or in
the goods
that he produces and can convert into currencythat enables
a person to
acquire the things without which he could not survive.
The misuse of material goods is, regrettably, widespread. People
often exaggerate the power of wealth. They expect more of
material goods
than they can deliver, investing emotionally in wealth per se
rather than in the
ends that make wealth meaningful. These misconceptions foster
the
12 I highlight this in Viable Values, pp. 136-143.
Reason Papers Vol. 26
13
assumption that the problem rests in money itself. Yet the misuse
is just that
an error on our part. Material goods are vital to happiness.
My contention is not that money or material goods are inherently
valuable. They are not valuable regardless of the reasons for
which they are
sought, the means by which they are sought, or the uses to
which they are put.
Nothing is good independently of an individuals context.13
Material objects
become good only when they offer a positive contribution to a
persons
survival and flourishing. Material stuff remains morally neutral until
it carries
some palpable impact on a persons well-being.
Money can, however, be a passkey to all manner of values
mundane
or modest, rare or extravagant, offering immediate gratification
or longerlasting
fulfillment. Money can buy hamburger or caviar, wool or sable,
busfare
or a cruise, a wheelchair or a new nose, electric service or a
hyper-fast
wireless Web access. Money can help a person to obtain any of
the everexpanding
range of goods and services that others have created and offer
for
sale. Its potential in this regard is limited only by individuals
productive
ingenuity.

Money. Its involved with everything, which is why you can
never have enough of it. This is a belief that I really believe in
because its actually true. Now, in general, money isnt
necessarily needed to survive but in the world that we live in
today it really is. However, the big issue isnt what costs money its
how people spend their money.

Sometimes people earn a lot of money at one time and think
that it will last them for the rest of their life, or the rest of the year.
At these times we forget what is important and go on a massive
spending spree. Before you know it, youve spent all your money
and realize you still need more. I once had an experience like
this that helped me with my money in the future. On my tenth
birthday I had gained a large amount of money from friends and
family. The total estimate was around five hundred dollars. Now, I
had never seen this much money before at one time. So I felt as
though I would never run out. Through out the rest of the week I
started spending my money. I bought music, games, and some
other useless junk that would only entertain me for about a
week. After spending all of my money I realized that I forgot
about what I needed most. New clothes. Now I had clothes that
I had already grown out of, and some junk that I would grow out
of in a few weeks. This experience really helped me in the future.

Ever since that day I would always watch over my money,
making sure I saved enough for those new clothes or whatever
else was important. However, even after going through this
experience, its still hard to save money for the important items
without going out and getting that junk that you just need to
have. The reason it is so hard is because the world is full of
entertaining objects that appeal to everyone. There are ways
that we can control our money spending habits that I have
learned to use. One way is to set up a limit of how much to
spend. If youve just gained a large amount of money you can
put a good amount, that will be enough for important goods,
into a bank account and only keep out a small amount that you
can use on what you want. Another thing you might try is to
actually think about what you are buying, this is for the
entertainment items you might buy. Think about how much the
item will actually affect you and for how long, because you
dont want to buy something that will only be interesting for a
week.

With these ways of controlling money I have learned how to
control my spending habits. If you dont spend your money
wisely, you could end up in a lot of trouble. In this world, money is
everything.

I may be visibly materialistic if I say this: MONEY makes us
happy. Do you agree with me? Oh come on, dont be bitter. I
know money does make MOST of the people happy or maybe,
live a comfortable life. Well, if you dont agree, let me ask you:
When youd win the jackpot prize money of the lotto or
sweepstakes raffle, would you jump for joy or have tears of joy in
your eyes? I guess so. In other words, youd not be only damn
happy, butEXTREMELY happy. Besides, who wont? Who
would not want to have some money in their hands? Nobody.


Most people pursue happiness through money. With money,
one could eat the most delicious foods, stay in hilltop houses,
drive luxurious cars, buy the most expensive jewelries, and have
a hot or cold champagne bath in a gigantic tub with floating
flower petals. These may be the reason why people have been
desperate for money. Apparently, there seems to be a sense of
truth in the saying, when money talks people listen. Im not
saying YOU are one of the people who listen; I just think most
people do. Politicians are culprits. Nearly all of them become
corrupt to fulfill their own material desire that would make them
satisfactorily happy such as living in clubhouse-like mansions;
buying the hottest Porsche, Lamborghini, or Ferrari; having the
latest, expensive gadgets from the technological empire; and
hiring a dozen bodyguards for their own security.

Anyway, this essay is not all about these politicians pursuit of
happiness(happiness equated to money) or politicians pursuit
of money BUTthis is all about moneywhy it makes ME happy.
I dont have so much money because I neither have a job nor
have a business of my own. But if ever I win the lotto jackpot
prize, Id definitely start a lucrative business and buy all the
material wealth I could ever think of.

My parents are my ultimate benefactors who give me my weekly
allowance; enough to satisfy my needs and some of my wants.
Mondayits always my happiest day of the week. Why?
Because it is my allowance day! Damn! Im so shallow,
superficial, and insensitive. But this isnt a problem; I know Im not
the only student whos happy for receiving that allowances.
Every student is happy of having it.

Monday is a great day for students. Students who are party
animals drink on Monday and drop the rest of the week with
no money left in their hands. Nerdy or geeky students, perhaps,
buy books on Monday and read them all the rest of the week.
Average students either drink or at times, buy books. Honestly, I
dont know which class I belong to.

My weekly allowancethats where I get my money so that I
chomp delicious or my favorite foods, splash out on something or
anything I want, and drink with a slurp of types of coffee Ive
never tasted before. Money tickles me to pink and makes me
grin from ear to ear. After all, were living in a material world.

Money talks," we're often told, because it can convey far more
meaning than mere words. But in eighteenth-century America,
paper money could literally talk. When I undertook years ago to
write a book on economics and letters in early America, I
expected that paper money would figure thematically in the
era's essays, broadsides, poetry, novels, and drama. I was
surprised to discover, however, that paper money was often a
literary character with much to say: a tale-telling traveler, a
shameless liar, a martyr offering up his dying words.
As literary devices, these talking personae produce mixed results.
Sometimes they are clever, and just as often they are contrived
and heavy handed. But, putting aside the question of their
literary merit, I have often wondered why writers were inclined to
make paper money a fictional character in the first place. Why
give a piece of money an identity and a platform from which to
speak? What can this peculiar literary maneuver tell us about
paper money as a social phenomenon?
Advocates of paper money did not deny its risks, but they also
saw it as a resource that could expand the money supply and, in
so doing, facilitate exchange and stimulate enterprise.
By turning paper money into the character Paper Money, writers
could draw a compelling analogy between personal and
national credibility. In contrast to coins or "hard money," which
obtained currency through the metal's market value, paper
money relied extensively on the faith of buyers and sellers in the
government's word. These "bills of credit," which constituted a
debt on the government's part, were essentially IOUs issued by
legislative proclamation at times when there were not enough
metal coins in the public coffers to cover expenses. Like an
individual seeking credit, then, the government needed to offer
proof of its integrity to make these monetary promises
convincing. As one Massachusetts politician proclaimed in 1787,
states "become respectable on the same principles by which the
character of individuals is maintained." This analogy was
serviceable to both critics and supporters of paper money.
In the hands of critics, the persona of Paper Money becomes,
not surprisingly, a charlatan. He speaks words the reader can
never entirely trust, and he dramatizes the risks inherent in all
forms of money that rely on verbal promises rather than tangible
forms of wealth. When Benjamin Franklin penned an essay
publicly supporting a 1775 issue of Continental dollars, for
example, critics responded with a series of satiric pieces
depicting Paper Money as a social-climbing masquerader. In
these satires, man and money mislead readers in similar ways.
Franklin is the humbug who fashions himself as learned by
speaking a smattering of Latin. Paper Money, who not
coincidentally bears Latin mottoes, is also an imposter of sorts: he
proclaims a value that cannot be backed up by collateral
I believe money talks [and that] sustainability is a goal to aspire
to
May 20, 2011 By Carol Seagle
In this second installment of the This I Believe series, rising Senior
and business major Abigail Christoph calls upon businesses to
head the truism voiced by Spidermans uncle With great power,
comes great responsibility. The following is her essay.
I believe money talksmore than speeches, rallies, concerts or
celebrity endorsements. At the end of the day, businesses have
the unique position of being possibly the most powerful
collective entity in the world, more so than armies or
governments. When businesses make changes in what they
spend their money on, the rest of the world cannot help but be
affected. When businesses choose to use treat their suppliers,
distributors and workers with respect and fair pay, the rest of the
world takes notice. When businesses choose to change their
products and processes into sustainable models, the rest of the
world realizes that they too need to make changes in their own
lives.
Creating and maintaining sustainable practices is no easy feat
though. Sustainability is not just about obtaining an organic label
or installing solar panels; sustainability is being able to use
resources to make complex objects that at the end of their life
cycles can be repurposed or have their components returned to
their organic forms. Sustainability is not just about giving workers
fair pay; sustainability is seeking to better the lives of those
workers through addressing their needs whether this means
building new well for a village so that there can be clean
drinking water or installing a gym for workers to use during the
day to relieve stress. Sustainability is a goal to aspire to; even
when not reached in full, the place where one ends up will
always be better than where one started.
There are many reasons why students find sports more important
than school. The most enticing draw of professional sports is the
money that can be earned. Duncan states, Money talks, so
right now there is an absolute perverse incentive. Folks follow the
money, and the money says, we dont care about academic
outcomes. Its a difficult argument to contradict when the
average family physician makes less than $200,000 a year
(ehow.com) and the league minimum for Major League
Baseball is $300,000 (mlb.com). Doctors spend countless years in
school, studying and learning how to be a doctor while in some
scenarios; teenagers are making over $100,000 dollars a year
more than them because they are good at playing a sport.
]well there is a lot to say about that issue cause money talks in so
many aspect of life, when it come to the Educational aspect
money talks, Hospitality aspect money talk in so many ways.. well
i am just gonna give you a few points on how money talk.. When
talking about money talks we simply means that money is helpful
in the world, without money there is no way you can survive
even though you have God by your side.. this is just my starting
and i dont have much time to say much so i will try this later bye
readers Hope you gain from this..... 3[/quote]
Being on the right side' of the M5 motorway was the most
frequently mentioned attraction of the estate. The final big
picture outlook' of Harrington Park's master plan also attracted
them. As Stacey explained, it looked pretty inviting. So we
jumped in head first'. She liked the restrictive covenants intended
to keep standards' high: We thought they were fantastic ... I just
like the idea of, I mean money talks. If people have to put
money up they're pretty serious about it. Our solicitor tried to stop
the sale twice, because of the covenants ... He just thought it
was ridiculous. Our solicitor is in Marrickville, an old guy, old
school, no idea about new estates, never did any conveyancing
in this area before, and he said, "This is crazy. How can [the
developer] tell you not to put normal concrete in? Who do they
think they are? Why do you have to pay this bond? And rah rah
rah." And we just said, "Look it's cool."'
My brain processed differently after, thinking that money is all
powerful. I believe that having a lot of money can bring them to
the satisfaction of which people have dreamed. Until one day, I
asked my mother Do you think you can buy anything with
money? she replied back in a peaceful voice No son, money
can let you experience luxury but you cant buy trust nor buy a
pure friendship. In that moment, those powerful words shattered
the mirror wall of confusion. I realized how I was tainted by a
pathetic mind.

Many people, because of their desires to have more money will
do anything, they will acquire what they really want even to go
to every expedient. Money can be acquired in many ways. Most
people will work or creating a business to accumulate and
increase the amount of money they have. In obsession people
might pawn their expensive accessories to obtain instant money.
The worst of all is to risk ones own life and dignity by crime to get
money.

The reality we should embrace is that but it does not follow that
money is the only reason of our existence here on earth we are
the moneys master but not the moneys slave. Yes, money is
important, but its not everything. You can buy jewelries but you
cant buy beauty. You can buy books, but you cant buy
knowledge. You can buy power but you cant buy fame. You
can buy medicine but you cant buy health. There are many
factors that can create fulfillment here on earth, not money
alone.

Now in 10
th
grade, I can still remember that frame of mind. Im
still in love with hip hop music, especially 2pacs songs who
promotes the execution of racism and sexism. I hope in the
future people will no longer become moneys slave.
15th September 2008New Member05

The importance of money becomes very clear when a person
has no money, Money for a poor person is everything, it
becomes very important for him to earn so that he can fulfill his
basic needs. However, recently everyone has become
consumption oriented. We want to buy anything that is new on
the market and catches our interest and we are falling prey to
the attractive packaging and advertisiments of a product. Thus
we buy things that we have little need for which in turn makes us
want more money.
Money enables us to afford a better quality of life; more money
means bigger and better houses and cars, better quality
products, better entertainment etc. Another advantage is less
stress in paying bills and other household expenses. Money may
also allow a person to persue his dreams, for example a person
who wants to attain higher education may not be able to
without money. Literature also supports this in many places, one
such example is where Charles Dickens in another Novel 'A
Christmas Carol'[2] shows how love is pushed aside for money.
This happens when young Ebenzer Scrooge had made a
promise to a girl Belle to provide for her, however Belle chooses a
crooked businessman Jacob as he offers her a quick gain of
fortune to the girl.
A number of quotations from the book 'the great Gatsby' by
F.Scott Fitzgerald[3] also highlight the importance of money. One
such quote mentioned the effect that money has on Gatsby
when he is unable to even speak in front of Daisy Buchnan as he
gets intimidated by her wealth.
This shows how wealth encompasses every aspect of our lives, so
much so that it even reflects in the voice and mannerisms of a
person. Another description from the same book is about a
character Tom whose wealth has given him a lot of power. It
allows him to treat others how ever he likes and his elitist nature
also makes him condescending towards other people. Thus
another thought is that wealth gives one power.
Money may be a motivator it influences human activity from
geological exploration to politics. Money itself may not be evil, it
is the greed for money that becomes the root of evil. Despite
popular arguments I believe that money does not make the
world go around. 'we have created the monster and allowed it
to take over and control our lives'. [4]Even though money does
have some importance in our lives as every aspect of our lives
revolves around money, but if we tried to be content with less
we may not face such dependency. The variety of products that
we are faced with makes it very difficult for us to be content with
what we have.
We have made money so central to our lives that we place it
above life and even happiness. This never ending pursuit of
money has made the society a selfish one. People forget that
there are many things that money can't buy. A Chinese proverb
summarizes this argument very well by saying that money can
buy a house but it cannot make a home, that it can not buy
time, sleep knowledge, health, respect and a good life only the
material aspects can be bought but not ones that come from
within. Stephen R. Covey in his book ' seven habits of highly
effective people also mentions that some of us tend to be
centered around money and so our sense of security and
happiness is directly related to how much money we have and
since its human nature to never be satisfied with what one has
he is likely to remain unhappy most of the time. Even a huge
increase in wealth is unlikely to satisfy such a person. For this
purpose we need to alter our centres to what we really want at
the end of our lives.
Money can buy a lot of things but it cannot buy good health,
respect, love, inner peace etc as these only come from good
principles. A person can have million in his bank account but still
feel poor because he is not content with his life, more money
gives him only minimal satisfaction. Security come from within
from knowing that what you have is enough for you to be
happy, it comes from believing in your self. All of us tend to think
that happiness comes from outside i.e. through money. A short
story that supports this notion is "A Christmas Memory' by Truman
Capote it is the story of a child who does not get anything for
Christmas except handed down and worn out except for a kite
but he is still satisfied and goes out to fly it. In another instance
was when the family was offered money for a new Christmas
tree but they refused it believing that their old tree was more
precious and nothing could replace it. Both these examples
reflect the importance of contentment and satisfaction over
money.
One important error that we make is that we equate money with
success, this is not true. Success can be divided into 8
categories, these are: health, personal needs, family, career,
spiritual, financial and community. To be truly successful you
need to be more than just financially successful.
There have been many cases whereby a rich man was unable
to spend all his fortune due to his health and died despite his
accumulated wealth. Such a man cannot be called wealthy as
all that he accumulated was left behind, and it was not able to
help him when he needed help the most. Thus a rich person who
lacks in other aspect of life is as good as being poor. Let us not
get carried away with the idea of acquiring wealth and money
and fail to consider other aspects of our life.



We all know that money is very
important, an indispensable thing in the
world today. Money is widely accepted as
the medium of exchange because it is
used in purchasing all the necessary
comforts and amenities of life. If you have
the money you can obtain what seems
impossible to others. It is the money which
gives man, confidence, creditworthiness,
credentials, capacity, capabilities,
courage and power. These may be the
reasons why people are desperate to
money.
In our modern world today money
has become very powerful. There is a
saying that when money speaks
everybody listen but does money really
speak ? how ? why people listen to it?
Well money cant talk because it is
just a paper or a coin. It doesnt talk
literally but it does speak to some. There
are people who would do certain things
just for money. There are lot people of
today are like that. Just like the politicians
nowadays , most of them are corrupt. They
ran not because they wanted to serve us
but their main purpose of running is power
and money. In that sense money had talk
to them, for them to run.
Not just politicians are the one listens
to money but even us ordinary people. I
believe that money please everybody coz
with money people get attracted to it.
Altough they are aware that things are