“What car does he drive?”
“What brand is her handbag?”
“How big is their house?”
“How much did their wedding cost?”
“How much does he make?”
I’m sick of it!
I’m sick of all these money-related questions. It makes me tired and sad.
When has money become the number one criterion we use to categorize each other? When has it become such a crucial measure of anything at all?
What does it even measure?
A bank account?
A paycheck?
Status?
What value does money actually have that makes us put so much weight to it?
I’m not naïve enough to think money doesn’t matter. Money matters. Sadly, money matters. Money helps you get a good education. Money helps you live a stable life. Money puts food on the table.
But we want the money that puts caviar on the table.
We want the money that parks a Mercedes-Benz in the garage.
We want the money that buys a 700 meter-square mansion.
Have we not heard from enough people that money doesn’t buy happiness?
Have we not listened to enough songs and read enough books that tell us that money is not the key to joy?
And yet we seek it with all our might.
Why are you looking for a rich future husband instead of an honest, kind-hearted one who will treat you well?
Why do you want to be known as the rich guy instead of being known as the good one?
When has money taken such a toll on our minds and standards?
“How does he treat you?”
“What are her interests?”
“Are they kind?”
“How much did they dance at the wedding?”
“What does he do in his free time?”
These are the questions I want to hear. This is the change I want to see.
I want us to let go of all these price tags we stick on each other according to how much money our family has or how much we make.
This may come as a surprise to many, but a person’s bank account is not equivalent to their value. It’s high time we stop treating each other this way. A person’s worth goes far beyond a sum of money.
I wonder what it would be like if we stopped judging each other based on the brands we wear, the cars we drive or the countries we travel to. I wonder what it would be like if we looked at each others’ hearts instead of each others’ wallets.
What a wonderful, joyful, peaceful and pure world it would be.
I hate money. I hate what it’s done to us. I hate it.
