Money is a headache, and money is the cure. – Terry Guillemets
Many things in life are more important than money. Is it wrong then to want wealth? Is it superficial to pursue a life of prosperity?
“Money isn’t everything,” said Edmund Stockdale, “but it’s a long way ahead of what comes next.” Oscar Wilde agreed: “When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is. “
He’s half-joking, maybe.
Money, like oxygen, is not too important until there is not enough of it. But when levels run low, it will consume us. Then, every waking hour is spent working for money or worrying about it.
“Money does not make you happy, but it quiets the nerves,” said Sean O’Casey.
The desire for wealth is not about piling up cash in the bank for the sake of hoarding money. It is about gaining the upper hand, not over others, but over our life’s financial condition.
It is about living with no economic worries, and, ultimately, experiencing our fullest lives.
–John Soforic, author of The Wealthy Gardener
