That's M-O-N-E-Y so sexy..

WHAT IS THE BIG FUCKING DEAL?

Just because everything requires money does not mean that everything is about money. So you don't always make a profit. So you don't always win. So you don't always end up with more than what you started with. So? Don't make money become your life. When asked, 'What is the purpose of life?', you dig down deep to try and find an answer. You don't answer 'money'. If life is about money you would've answered 'money'. Don't let money govern the way you live. I hate the word 'money'. In fact, I hate money. Money is the source of most, if not all, evil.

I'm not saying that we don't need money or that we can't survive without money. Yes, money does make the world go around in a sense that it is a necessity. We need it for food, for shelter, etc. We don't need iPods, we don't need flashy clothes, we definitely don't need 15" MacBook Pros. I guess what I'm trying to say is; we actually only need enough money to get by. We don't actually need the excess money for anything other than to feed our ever growing egos. After you earn more than what you need, you begin to want. Needing money is different to wanting money - a concept which many people are blind to. You say that you worked hard for your money, and I'm sure you did, that you deserve a little pampering, and I'm sure you do, but isn't that because we are spoilt by our materialistic society? Just caught by the wrath of consumerism? Just the need to be, what they call it, cool/out there/with the crowd/amongst the trend.

Money can do wonders, make wonders in fact - because we allow it to. Though, something only has a worth because we want it. Its value is lost as soon as it becomes undesirable -- look how many sales there are around us. The less we want something, the lesser its value. The less we want money, the lesser money is worth, hence the more room there is for everything else that matters. Will we ever see past the value of money? If you love what you're doing/studying/what you will eventually be doing, should the amount of money you earn affect your love for what you do? Technically the answer should be no because if you're content, why would you want more? Now that's just being greedy if you want more. Our way of life can be so different and so much better if we just take a step back and try to see past the fog of consumerism.

I admire the Amish.