A Great Vessel of God, I am blessed to know .A piece that lays down in fact how unimportant money is and will be soon. Jason Bence Money- A limited resource? August 13, 2013 at 7:36pm In my exchanges I have seen very few individuals that are not affected by a need or want of money. This hunt for currency drives the majority of our conscious and sub-conscious thoughts. We invest time (seemingly our most valuable asset) in order to acquire it. We leave the things we truly want to do, the things that give us the most pleasure, the ones we love most behind, in order to chase money. We put things into groups based on cost or value. We end relationships and start new ones in our hunger for more. We make decisions that we see as rational, and furthermore necessary, in order to secure this area of our lives. The problem comes into picture when we step back and truly analyze what money is. What is money? Money is not a piece of a tree. Money is not a piece of paper with printing on it. Money is not a material that is considered precious (gold, silver, diamonds, etc.). Money is the promise or belief that you can trade this "worthless" material for something that you truly need or want. Money is the ability to have negotiating power over the individual that is between you and the things you want or need. Money is your ability to trade something of lesser tangible value for something that is elemental like water or food. So, do we really need money? Or do we need food, water, shelter, and love? Is this "promise" of value one we can trust? Who decided what this and that is worth? Is it really supply and demand? Because if this is the case, why are so many individuals losing the things they love for a buck? Our supply of money is running out, not because we have run out of trees to cut and bleach in order to stamp out new bills. Our supply of money will run out when those that manipulate it have overleveraged it for their own selfish gains to the extent that it becomes impossible to hide. I came to the realization that I hate money, but I do love the things that money buys. What a conflict, how to separate the curse from the blessing. This dilemma has been a long time in the making, therefore must take time to dismantle. Some will say that we will always need money in order to be able to trade with each other in an equitable manner. I argue that the only equity we require is the one we carry with us even if our pockets are empty, it's the one inside of us, our characters. How much do we trust each other? How much do we trust that the sun will rise tomorrow, that our lives will last forever? It seems to me that we are not confident in the future or He who holds the future. JLV Some people may not be able to see this attachment because of its privacy settings. Friends CancelShare Note Who are you with?...Names...
