Isn't it greedy to make more money than I need?
Thursday, December 9, 2010
, Posted by Munib Shaukat at 10:11 AM
Isn't it greedy to make more money than I need?
So is money a bad thing? Of course not! Money in itself is neither bad nor good - it is simply a tool. What makes people think that money is bad is simply what people do with it. People think about drugs dealers and dictators and see money being used to fund violence and killing because these are big news items. They don't tend to see the billions of dollars given by the richest people in the world to alleviate third world suffering, or the many regional grants offered by local government for building community centres and schools, or the refurbishment of some crumbling piece of our national heritage. What was the aim of Live Aid, Live 8, or Band Aid, or any of these huge charity events? To help those in the impoverished parts of this world. How did they plan to do that? By raising money!
To those people who claim that it is greedy to own more than one coat - just think if you owned ten, you could give nine away!
Money is not the bottom line in life. The most important things to most people are friendship, love, community, personal beliefs, relaxation and health. Now think about how much more time you could spend doing those exact things if you had the money to quit your job and retire. Or even if you could just give up working overtime.
Anyone quoting religious reasons for being poor should perhaps reconsider his or her motivation. People with money can do much more good than those without. Christians worried about the teachings about money in the Bible should re-read the story of the good Samaritan, and add up in today's terms how much money he spent helping the man who had been attacked by thieves. Do you have that much in your wallet to spare right now?
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