Whether we like it or not.
You gotta love this planet. Everywhere you go everyone is always trying to make a buck. But, is it always for food, shelter and family? Or is it cause money is like a drug, an addiction. The more you have the more you want. It seems that in today’s world everything is based on money, and on making as much of it as possible regardless of the person who gives you the money and what happens after they pay you.
Can we really expect anything less from anyone? Even churches are based on making money to “support” the ability to preach the word of God. There is really not a dam thing you can do without money can you? I mean every time I think about taking my kids to that park I always have to consider taking money just for that alone. Not to mention gas, car problems, or anything bad that could happen and money is a must. Obviously the point of going out is to have fun and sometimes that means buying from the guy who sells cotton candy, popcorn and drinks, paying for gas, tolls if you go to a far away park and even some fast food will be part of the fun. But what ever happened to those good old days when you didn’t have to pay for parking in a park, when bike riding to the park was easier, when taking a basket with goodies was a must, when not having to look at your bank statement before leaving the house was common; all that has changed, all that is gone. Why? I ask myself sometimes. I’m really not sure. As time passes by we have had to adapt to the changes in life.
Once upon a time it was believed that only the strong would survive, that phrase was definitely meant for animals. As time went by and money became the focus of everything, people got smarter. With money as a motivator, people began to think of ways to make money. Not just to feed themselves and their families, not just for a roof over their heads and not just to survive. In time people learned that money was power, that with a lot of it they could do and undo, they could have what they wanted and in some cases who they wanted, they could possibly even get away with murder.
In today’s world those ideals still exist. They have just changed a little; the need to adapt to today’s technology required it. There was a time when one TV was considered being rich, not you can have TV’s in each room, in your car, or your computer, even in your pocket. You can get a message in a few seconds when once it took months to deliver. Heck, now a days customers are not limited to the area where your business is, they can be found anywhere a computer and a connection to the Internet is found. But everything here has one thing in common; it was all based on making money. Maybe once there was something made with the idea of actually helping people without profit, but those ideas soon disappear as fast as the check with multiple zeros gets in their hands. Like they say in some movies “everyone has a price”.
So what can we expect from the neighbor who has been a good friend for many years and his wife’s business is the only thing that can save you? What can you expect from a family member with a corner store and you need a stick of butter to bake a cake? What can you expect from the courts when you are going against a big business and you can’t afford to defend yourself even though you are innocent?
I expect the worst most of the time. Because I always believe that in today’s world money always comes before anything else. The news proves it time and time again, the divorce courts prove it time and time again, and even the President proves it time and time again. But as usual, we only have ourselves to blame, for being to lazy, to scared and too obsessed with money to do anything about it.
I wrote this cause I'm just tired of everything being based on money to the point where even friends are hard to have when you don't have money. I don't feel my life is that bad but since money is short these days for me everyone else makes me feel that I have not done enough for my kids. It only makes me wonder and feel sad that it could be true. I can only pray my kids don't think bad about me when they grow up.