What Money Has Done To Us

It has caused us to require car insurance rather than health insurance

It has brought to us credit cards without any sense of prudence to teach us to desire before we can even feel

It has told us some people are better than others

It has given to us measurement that are not balanced or fair

It has made selling drugs more profitable than teaching children

Working extra rather than raising our children

It has brought out things instead of our time

It has made a car worth more than a home

It has made a home the cost it would be to feed many starving people

It has given our environment a back seat

It has turned talks into a waste of time

It has made buying things we could easily do easier

We let money take over and over it did

It makes us nervous when we are not sure if we have enough of it

When we are not sure it will make us look good, or good enough

It causes friction when we are around those who have too much of it, or not enough of it

It has caused a great line in the sand as to where you can shop, eat, sleep and what resources are available to us

It has taught us to be happy for now and not think about tomorrow

It has only brought much worry and question to our motivations

It is trying to replace happiness

Yet money is just money

It is not a person, it can not feel, nor can it give or take

Money is the energy we put into it

For a day we can put money aside and follow the flow of the day

We can bring a lunch and walk somewhere rather than drive

We can wash our clothes and clean our rooms

We can finish a job rather than going out and buying something to feel like we did something

We can cook at home, even if we eat a little later

We can prepare things that we would normally pay for

We can forget how much we have of it and think about how much we have of us

And then we can choose life over money and money will be the tool that it is

Not the medicine for every hidden aliment

Money is something for all of us to live, and it is relative to where and how we live

WE are the person we are, we came without it and we leave without it

We are here to live and it is one of the ways to accomplish our tasks

Look at it that way and it becomes logical to have it and it won't scare us so much

It will teach us all the ways people try to get it, steal it, hurt others for it and understand

That it is only a thing that has only the power we give to it

So release what you need and simply say, I need this, no waiting, no fear

And you will grow yourself out of the control of money into the flow of life

Money is money and you are you

They are separate and we all know when push comes to shove, money can not buy you love