THE USES AND ABUSES OF MONEY

Everybody in this world likes money. There are few people who do not like wealth or are not interested. People devote their energies to earn wealth. Amassing wealth is the be-all and end-all of our life. What is wealth? In the broadest sense, wealth is money. We like to have plenty of money. Money has a great attraction for one and all.

Money is blessing as well as curse. Money provides us with the necessities of life. We all require houses to live in, food to eat and clothing to wear. We also require medicines when we are ill. People want to educate their children. Money provides us with these bare necessities of life. In today’s world nothing is for free; each and everything people need to make their life go smoothly needs money. The things people eat, wear, lives is impossible to think without money.

People want to enjoy some comforts and luxuries. They like to live in beautiful houses, eat rich food, and wear fine clothes. They want to send their children to good schools, want to have well furnished rooms, vehicles, refrigerators, AC, laptops, phones and very gadget possible. They like to visit standard places, restaurants. They want to join clubs, parties and drink at bars. Such luxuries are available with the help of money only. Everyone has a dream to become rich so that they could live a good life,  tension free and stay relaxed for the rest of their life but they do not realize that rich people are the most tensed one because they are every time worried about their property to be theft away.  

Some people like to help others with their money. They build schools, hospitals, libraries and provide charities to different kind of NGOs and INGOs. Some people set up trusts and foundation to serve orphan, old aged or homeless people. Some spend money to open societies and institutes. Some use their money by distributing foods and clothes among the poor ones and some spend their money to help people in disasters like flood, landslide, earthquake, tsunami etc.

Money has a dark side along with bright side. Some people gather money at the cost of others. They exploit and harass other people to get money. Some people commit crimes for the sake of money. They take recourse to falsehood, forgery, embezzlement, theft, robbery, murder, etc. some people spend money recklessly and spoil their health. They spend their money in drinking, gambling with friends.

It is difficult to earn money but it is more difficult to spend it wisely. Money should be earned honestly. It is not proper to cheat and harass others for the sake of money. Money earned should be spent wisely. We should spend some money for the welfare of our family too. Money could surely buy everything but it cannot buy happiness and smile. If people think that money is happiness than it is also the reason to be sad and worried each and every time. Most of the children of rich parents get kidnapped or killed as money has made people so much blind that people can do anything to for the sake of money. They do not even think once that; whether they are going to a right way or wrong. We should spend it for the good of others not only for owns fun and entertainment. Poor people cannot spend for the welfare of others. Money is a great blessing if it is used wisely; but it is a curse if used unwisely. Never fall for money; money is the one that should fall for you.