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"Dhanam moolam, idam jagath" ... a sanskrit verse saying "Money forms the root of this world" and my understanding of this eternal truth so far is the content of this article. The fact about money that amuses me the most is, its such a unique invention made by a human being that it enslaved the very creator. When I was young I used to think as to why do we have poor people, why can't the government print more currency and distribute among the poor, was my simple solution to poverty. But as I grew up (I understood how stupid I was) I understood how important money was in life and how careful one should be when dealing with it.
No..I'm not going to list any money saving tips under this, so not to worry too much. Accept it or not "Money" plays a major role in everyone's life. We work for money which in turn leads to a comfortable life. So, the comforts in ones life are directly proportional to the money they have. Everyone desires for a comfortable life, but does more money make a human being content and happy? Does money solve all the problems ? Answer to this is a bit complicated, this is what I think it does.
Money does solve problems, but not all. Money does speedup the planning that one has for future but not future. But it makes me the most satisfied and happy when I spend it in a way without expecting a return. In my experience with life, I have met people who would calculate each penny spent and will make sure that they get the return from the spent. Though this is good when we talk about money spent on worldly things, but things become different when the same rule is applied to relationships. There are parents who will make sure that they get back what they have spent on their children, there are sons who look after their parents for their properties, there are daughters who make sure that what ever the trouble that her family faces , she makes sure that she is happy, there are husbands who ensalve their wives without giving them any financial freedom, their are daughter-in-laws who are as calculative as their husbands. I'm not going to talk much about relationships here, I would some day publish a blog on that. So getting back to money,though important, its not everything in life.
Though I sound a bit ascetic in above paragraphs, that doesn't in anyway mean that I don't love money, everyone does. But running after it should not make us miss the most important moments in our lives. If working for an additional hour earns you £200, spending the same one hour with your loved one will make them feel how important they are to you, spending the same one hour at a friends place will strengthen your friendship (I've always strongly believed that friends are the only good things happened in my life, that makes me the most wealthy and richest :-)), spending the same hour with parents and family shows how much you care. I understand what you think at the moment, that how can you do all these things in the same hour, we don't have any magic to be present at so many places at the same time, please pardon my stupid sense of humor, but I think I made my point clear.
Last but not the least, its easy to earn money but its difficult to make most of it. There should be always a direct proportion between how much we earn and how much is spent, i.e. there is always a limit on the spending; money overspent is always dangerous. One should not in any way be influenced by the spending habits of others, everyone has their own style. This is the most thought article by me, so I don't think anyone will find it of much interest. And to conclude this, I don't think what ever I have mentioned above is new, they are well known facts; but this was written just to control my spending habits, atleast now because I have written all this I'm bound to it and hopefully I'll control my spending and increase my savings. And if any one finds me over spending, please do remind me of this article.
Sayounara,
Chinni.
