the right price

When did this hoarding of wealth become a global pastime?

Could all of this be traced back to being treated like shit as a child? Will a big fat bank account make us feel superior to all those kids who were not nice to us in the sandbox?

What is it about money that has put us all in a trance?

Hell I want to make money as much as the next guy. To say you don’t means that you are either a half step away from nirvana, stupid or out and out lying.

But everyone has his or her price and for some of us it is surprisingly low.

What is money going to do for me? It all comes down to translation.

For some it means being able to drive a nice car, or live in a big house and not have to worry about the next mortgage payment. But is that all they really want out of their life? A nice car and a big house?

What about the things that money can not buy? A little piece of mind. Happiness?

Can money buy happiness? It is a half-truth.

Money can go a long way to making you happy, but money itself I think makes very few people happy.

So many people who do have a lot of money I think live a very isolated life. They have had to sacrifice so much for the sake of that money and now they do not know what or who is really important to them besides it.

Money makes us all feel better than those who do not have it.

Why?

I know so many people with piles and piles of money and I would not exchange my life for theirs ever.

But I still find myself a little envious of them from time to time.

Why?

Because of the freedom that it grants them. I would love to travel and see the world and not have to worry about the mundane prospect of how the rent is going to be paid.

I found that I am more obsessed with money than I was ever willing to admit. While I do not want to hoard it so I can dangle it in front of those who do not have it, I have to admit to myself that money has me in her hold.

I just haven’t heard the right price........