Thursday, March 27, 2008

Money changes people

Very often you'll hear people say that "money is the root of all evil", a phrase that is taken out of its context from the Bible. The actual reads "the love of money is the root of all evil".

Money by its own is inanimate and therefore is incapable of good or evil. It is only people that either make money their master or servant. And I have seen much of how people will fight tooth and nails for money.

I have seen how two cents more turns people into emperors, how a little more money changes mindsets, principles and behaviour. Hautiness and a disregard for another.

Make no mistakes about it - the love of money drives people to do some very ugly things. And when they do get it, their characters change, more often than not to become even uglier. No matter how poor of rich a person is, they will change. Suddenly, they are only suited for first-class treatment, to be looked up to by everyone, including God, and well, you know the rest...

And overnight, every person is "suddenly" measurable by how much they make and how much they have in their bank accounts. Suddenly, the value of humanity is measured by the amount of money they possess. Considering that each human life fought trillion of odds to be alive (from the time when their are conceived to being on exactly the right planet with right temperatures, right conditions for living), any monetary value one puts on human life is nothing less than an insult. It is a slap in the face to your own Creator.

Hmm, maybe he's just saying that now because he hasn't made his millions yet, you may think. Hey, maybe you're right, maybe it's just me venting out frustrations of not having enough money. But just so that we can be sure... maybe you would like to send me some money and see if I do change?

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