Last week, one of my Facebook friends (and my old time colleague in TCS)
raised an interesting question on the FB poll that we were conducting.
This question has been so often repeated in the Indian context of
upbringing :
"Can money buy you happiness ??"
So, i thought of expressing my views to all my friends and why not start a discussion on this topic.
Like most of you, I have been brought up in a culture where traditionally money has been considered a "not so good" thing, if not bad.
It has been linked with most evils in the society today - whether it is crime, poor health or even the collapse of our own moral values. However, there is a different way to look at the entire situation.
Money, by itself, is a dead element - which cannot be either good or bad....let me give you a few examples - tell me whether a knife is good or bad, whether nuclear energy is good or bad. Most of us will have different opinions depending on how we look at all these dead elements. Knife can be used as our best friend in kitchen and can also be used to kill someone. Nuclear energy can supply electricity to millions or can destroy millions. Same applies to money. Money can be considered to be the reason for all evils in the society today or can also help in bringing millions of poor out of the poverty line. It depends on how we use it.
Knife is not bad, it is the intent of the person holding the knife that can be bad. Nuclear Energy is not bad - it is the intent of the country holding the energy that can be bad. Money is not bad, it is the intent of the person possessing this money that can be bad.
Financial Freedom allows me to have the money and then use it with the right intent..to serve and help the millions who are suffering. How would you feed anyone else if your own plate is empty. Fill up your plate and fill it up a little more and then let it overflow to feed the millions starving across the world. The happiness that follows is unimaginable !!
Money can surely buy you happiness.
Get financially free to have a meaningful life !!
FB : http://www.facebook.com/RatRaceToFinancialFreedom
Twitter : @manoj_216
"Can money buy you happiness ??"
So, i thought of expressing my views to all my friends and why not start a discussion on this topic.
Like most of you, I have been brought up in a culture where traditionally money has been considered a "not so good" thing, if not bad.
It has been linked with most evils in the society today - whether it is crime, poor health or even the collapse of our own moral values. However, there is a different way to look at the entire situation.
Money, by itself, is a dead element - which cannot be either good or bad....let me give you a few examples - tell me whether a knife is good or bad, whether nuclear energy is good or bad. Most of us will have different opinions depending on how we look at all these dead elements. Knife can be used as our best friend in kitchen and can also be used to kill someone. Nuclear energy can supply electricity to millions or can destroy millions. Same applies to money. Money can be considered to be the reason for all evils in the society today or can also help in bringing millions of poor out of the poverty line. It depends on how we use it.
Knife is not bad, it is the intent of the person holding the knife that can be bad. Nuclear Energy is not bad - it is the intent of the country holding the energy that can be bad. Money is not bad, it is the intent of the person possessing this money that can be bad.
Financial Freedom allows me to have the money and then use it with the right intent..to serve and help the millions who are suffering. How would you feed anyone else if your own plate is empty. Fill up your plate and fill it up a little more and then let it overflow to feed the millions starving across the world. The happiness that follows is unimaginable !!
Money can surely buy you happiness.
Get financially free to have a meaningful life !!
FB : http://www.facebook.com/RatRaceToFinancialFreedom
Twitter : @manoj_216
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Feel free to ASK.... that is the first step towards Financial Freedom !!