| I hear so many people that I meet on a day to day | | | | of good. There are so many people who are less |
| basis say things like: | | | | fortunate than we are, usually of no fault of their own. |
| 'I don't Need to Be rich' | | | | What does being comfortable do to help them? |
| 'Money Isn't everything' | | | | I think there is a lot of growth in the awareness of |
| 'I'm happy just working my 9-52 | | | | social justice in the younger generation, with young |
| 'More Money just causes more problems' | | | | people getting behind projects like 'Make Poverty |
| And each time I hear something to this affect, I just | | | | History' and 'Live82 but the thing we need to look as is |
| want to slap them! | | | | are these young people going to be able to have the |
| These people think that they aren't being greedy and | | | | money and the time to actually make a difference? |
| just taking their place in life, but what they are really | | | | 3. I am Happy Working My 9-5 |
| doing is just being selfish and lazy. | | | | What they are really saying: |
| Lets take a look at these statements one by one, and | | | | I am too scared to give up my job |
| find out whats wrong with them and what they are | | | | I must make a point here. Some people do actually |
| really saying. | | | | love their job, and are making a difference by the |
| 1. I Don't Need To Be Rich | | | | work that they do. But coming off the last point - a lot |
| What they are really saying: | | | | of people are not able to help others in the way that |
| I only care about myself | | | | they want because they are too busy. |
| As long as I have enough, thats all that matters. | | | | Personally I know for myself at the moment, I am |
| This statement is such a selfish one. It makes the | | | | working 8:30am - 5pm then I go home and have things |
| person the center of their own universe - as long as | | | | on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and |
| they are comfortable that is all that matters. | | | | Sunday Nights most are to do with my involvement in |
| Think about it for a second. If you are able to create | | | | my Church - but it is very hard to juggle my online |
| an excess that means you will have more than you | | | | marketing, my job, and my other commitments. |
| need - and allows you to be generous, and give to | | | | How much more time would we have to help others if |
| others who may need help at the moment. | | | | we were able to remove the 9-5 of our job? |
| I love reading articles about successful people giving | | | | 4. 'More Money just causes more problems' |
| large portions of their money to charities. So many | | | | I think this is a big misconception. |
| people think: | | | | People see the celebrities in the media wasting their |
| 'Thats ok for them, $1million is nothing when you have | | | | lives away, and blame it on the fact that they have |
| $1billion' | | | | too much money. I don't think that is the case at all. I |
| But is it? Is it any easier for them to give their money | | | | think that the reason some (cause there are a lot of |
| away? I think it is only easier for them because they | | | | great celebrity role models - they just don't get the |
| have been doing it the whole time - they gave when | | | | publicity) celebrities gain their money to easily, and |
| they had little and now there are just a couple more | | | | there for have no respect for the power that it holds, |
| zeros on the end. | | | | so they get greedy and just spend, spend, spend - on |
| 2. Money Isn't Everything | | | | them selves of course. |
| Another variations: Money doesn't bring happiness | | | | These people are just selfish. but think of good that |
| What they are really saying: | | | | you can do if you use your wealth wisely, and the |
| I'm just jealous because I don't have any money, so I'll | | | | satisfaction that you would receive from knowing that |
| pretend it doesn't matter | | | | your money is being used for good, to help improved |
| I'll be the first to admit that I agree with this statement - | | | | someone else's way of life. |
| money is not everything, but it sure can do a whole lot | | | | Money isn't the problem, love of money is the problem. |
