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Money Can Buy (Almost) Everything

Remember this poem? The title is “What money can buy?”

A house but not a home. A bed but not a nice dream. A clock but not time. A book but not knowledge. Foods but not an appetite. Positions but not respect. Luxuries but not comforts. Blood but not life. Medicine but not health. Insurance but not safety. Sex but not love.

I honestly believe that money isn’t everything, but I never win an argument with people that said, “Yeah, but everything needs money!” What should i do? Recite the poem again? For every 1000 nouns in English Dictionary, maybe only 1 noun that can’t be bought by money. Time is the most commonly used noun and you can’t buy time to add your day to 28 hours.

Maybe you should own some money, but don’t let money own you and forget the essentials like respect, manner, and love.

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8 Responses to “Money Can Buy (Almost) Everything”

  1. akhyari hananto Says:
    September 3rd, 2008 at 12:58 pm

    there are some more, man.
    1. Time
    2. Love
    3. life

  2. Chris Says:
    September 3rd, 2008 at 1:34 pm

    It is very easy to get caught up in a capitalistic way of life & thinking when it comes to money because it yields such power in modern societies.

    The best thing I find is to find the job you enjoy, be mindful with the money you have and not to over-indulge. Money should never become the driving force of your own life.

  3. adieska Says:
    September 4th, 2008 at 10:38 am

    everybody needs money :D

  4. fenny Says:
    September 5th, 2008 at 1:59 am

    uang hanya mempermudah segala sesuatunya…. tapi segala sesuatunya ga bisa dibeli dengan uang….

  5. jingga Says:
    September 5th, 2008 at 8:21 am

    good advice :) .

  6. sez Says:
    September 8th, 2008 at 10:25 am

    capitalist rocks!!!! :p

  7. David Pangaribuan Says:
    September 8th, 2008 at 6:14 pm

    Uang hanyalah sebuah alat untuk dapat mendapatkan sesuatu atau memuaskan rasa atau hasrat kita, uang dapat memberikan kita kepuasan dan kesenangan.`Kebahagiaan hidup tidak semata oleh jumlah uang yang kita miliki, namun kita juga tidak dapat bahagia tanpa mempunyai uang. Kemampuan menempatkan uang pada tempatnya sesuai dengan tujuan kita memberikan rasa aman, nyaman dan kebahagian. Ingat segala sesuatu terhadap hidup kita sudah diatur oleh-Nya.

  8. Cnz Says:
    September 9th, 2008 at 10:05 pm

    Sama kayak hidup untuk makan atau makan untuk hidup, ya ga?
    Uang untuk hidup bukan hidup untuk uang…
    heuheue.

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