Treatsie on Money

Money can't buy you happiness...that is correct, however, money can buy you freedom. And for me, freedom (the version money can afford...as there are some it cannot - as we will discuss) has the greatest potential for creating the set of circumstances that would lead to a greater possibility of happiness. And I think happiness; however we each picture it, is the greatest mutual goal that most humans hold. Though some may not really think about it, as they have so many other worries in front of it, happiness must be in there as happiness is really the byproduct of success in life. Now, be very careful and pay close attention, as in now way do I equate success to money. In some sort of weird reality I see the Buddhist monk, the philosophy professor, the nun in the slums and the tireless mother as having the greatest potential of being truly successful in their perception of what is right and wrong and what the end purpose is. And none of them are well paid (cept maybe professors...they can make some change).

To the premise that money can buy freedom. Really not to tough to get out here...but having freedom (in a very rough sense) is having the ability to live as you wish with your actions unimpeded. Now actions, unimpeded don't mean being able to fly by flapping your wings, because that is not something you can naturally, as a human being, do. But unimpeded in that you can do everything that you naturally have the ability to do. Now, we are not to take from this that I believe money can buy you unlimited freedom, as I do not. A foolish belief if there ever was on...because some people have already discovered their path to success and happiness and money means nothing to them and thus not all things can be done through the use of money.

But...money can damn sure give you the ability to do a lot of things...At the point where you have all the money that you need to live (irrelevant of what it is you spend to live...you have enough) you can choose to do, for the most part, whatever thing it is you like to do. Now...for some people, having a job is of the utmost importance, as it is the ultimate hobby. And EVERYONE needs a hobby...for Mozart his hobby happened to be his passion and the most amazing by product of it was that we are able to experience his most vivid imagination. Same goes for people like Picasso, Van Gogh and Shakespeare. People whose passion they were able to live off of...some did better than others financially, and lets be honest, not all of them were "happy" (Van Gogh was mad...), but, I am willing to wager a most serious bet on whether or not they approached some sort of sub-conscious higher plane of existence type thing...nirvana if you will. Success. Evolutionary purpose fulfilled.

I could write for so much long on so many more angles to work toward this...it would just make it seem like I am fixated more so on money...but I have to be up for work in the morning (hah!) and I am kinda tired...