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You
Hey you- yes you….Can you stop scrolling through your FB feed for a minute? I need just a minute or two of your time…
Have I got your attention? Now let me ask you a question….what is the main thing that drives your life today? What is the one thing that keeps you going and striving day after day? Is it money? The desire to be recognized and to get promoted? Fame? Your family and loved ones? God?
You know…the fact is…money is the most powerful driving factor of all. Some of us spend almost half the day at the workplace…striving hard to earn money.
The thing is…we do NEED money. We need money for our livelihood. We need money to have a comfortable place to stay in, for food, for entertainment, to pay the bills, to support our loved ones, and to guarantee the future of our loved ones. Money is essential for survival and to live a comfortable life.
It is when we let money control us and our lives…when we would do just about anything to get hold of money that it becomes the root of all evil. Do you know that people get robbed, murdered daily just because of money? People get cheated because of money, relationships with spouses, friendships and families get torn apart all because of money.
It is so sad to see what a materialistic world we live in today. If you don’t have money, people would not even take a second glance at you and instead run far away from you. On the other hand, if you are rich, people would be queueing up to be your friend. When you lose everything, this is when you can see who your real friends are. Also friendships nowadays seem to be superficial. You will get invited to have a coffee with a friend, only to discover that they just want to sell insurance to you.
Friends, sure money is essential for our livelihood, but please don’t make it the core or essence of your life. There is much more to life than status, property and materialistic things, trust me. You can own 5 cars, a large house, an iphone, an ipad, and yet still not be happy. Because happiness that comes from materialistic things is just temporarily. Soon, you would be bored of the things you own and desire for more.
On the other hand the inner joy that you have from helping others, having loved ones to cherish and having meaningful relationships will last a lifetime. Too often we are too busy chasing wealth, status and fame that we overlook the simpler but more important things in life such as a hug or kiss from a loved one, the smell or a rose, the sound of nature, the giggling of innocent children.
When you are lying on your death bed, the things that come to your mind would not be the millions of cash or property you own, your high flying status in your company or the number of houses or lands or cars you own. Instead, you would be thinking about your loved ones and family, when was the last time you hugged them or said ‘I love you ‘ to them. You would be thinking about the times you did something not so nice to someone which you now regret. When you die, you do NOT bring your money or status or wealth with you. Instead, you bring with you all the precious memories you had with your loved ones and all the good deeds you have done throughout your lifetime.
You must scoff at what I am saying now, but trust me, when the time comes for you to leave this world ( hopefully not anytime soon) you’ll remember this. You might think it is not important now, but you just never know when your life would end. You might die in an accident, a car crash, a plane crash tomorrow….and by then it might be too late to reevaluate your priorities.
Ok, now that I’ve said my piece you can continue scrolling