YOU'RE SO MONEY

LET'S CONSIDER THIS FOR A SECOND.  IT SEEMS THAT EVERY FOCAL POINT THESE DAYS, SEEMS TO BE ON MONEY.  LIKE LITERALLY, ALMOST EVERY FACET OF HUMAN EXISTENCE BOILS DOWN TO MONEY.  HOWEVER, WHAT IS MONEY REALLY?  PAPER WITH PRINTED SYMBOLISM, AND IT SYMBOLIZES VALUE, BUT A VALUE NOT DETERMINED BY YOU.  YOU ARE TOLD THAT A DOLLAR IS A DOLLAR, BUT, IS IT REALLY A DOLLAR?  AT ONE POINT IN OUR STORIED HISTORY, A DOLLAR COULD BUY QUITE A BIT.  NOT TODAY.  NOW, IT TAKES SEVERAL DOLLARS TO BUY THE SAME AMOUNT.  WE ARE TOLD, IT IS INFLATION, HOWEVER, THE QUALITY TAKES A HUGE HIT.  EVERYWHERE YOU GO, THERE ARE VARIOUS QUALITY GRADES TO EVERYTHING, AND THE MORE MONEY YOU SPEND, THE BETTER QUALITY YOU END UP RECEIVING.  SO, IF THE QUALITY OF THINGS BOUGHT AND SOLD BEGINS TO DECLINE, THEN BY RATIONALE, THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THE VALUE OF THE DOLLAR IS ON DECLINE AS WELL.  YET, EVERYONE HAS THIS UNMITIGATED DESIRE FOR MONEY.  THIS MONEY, WHICH IS DELVED OUT IN A PREDETERMINED WAY, AND WITH A PREDETERMINED VALUE, HAS US DOING THINGS THAT SOME WOULD DEEM OUT OF CHARACTER.  HOWEVER, THIS PREDETERMINED CURRENCY IS NECESSARY FOR LIFE.  WELL, IT'S NOT COMPLETELY NECESSARY FOR LIFE, BUT, FOR A CERTAIN QUALITY OF LIFE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR CULTURE AS A WHOLE, WE ARE ON A QUEST FOR THIS MONEY OF PREDETERMINED VALUE.  WE BEGIN TO VALUE OUR OWN LIVES, BASED ON THESE PIECES OF PAPER.  IN OUR CULTURE, YOU DON'T GET THE GIRL UNLESS YOU GET THE MONEY.  YOU DON'T GET THE POPULARITY, UNLESS YOU GET THE MONEY.  YOU DON'T GET THE HOUSE, CAR, FOOD, TRIPS, ETC., WITHOUT THE MONEY.  SO YOU THEN, END UP SACRIFICING, DREAMS OF HAVING A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE....OR....YOU GET ON THE WHEEL AND CHASE, MONEY.  BOTH OF THESE ACTIONS, ARE HARD ON THE INDIVIDUAL.  THERE ARE THOSE IN THE WORLD, THAT HAVE LESS MONEY, OR LITTLE TO NO MONEY, AND ARE QUITE HAPPY.  HOWEVER, IN OUR CULTURE, YOU SIMPLY CANNOT BE HAPPY WITHOUT MONEY.  IT'S A SAD SCENE TO WATCH OVER AND OVER, AND EVERYONE IS GOING THRU IT. 

IT'S INTERESTING THAT, WHAT WE CHASE, IS NOT MONEY AT ALL, BUT VALUE AND QUALITY.    -  925