greed for money‚ together with greed for power‚ is one of the chief causes of human misery. No wonder our Lord put as his first beatitudes;” Blessed are the poor in spirit.” Poverty in spirit is the opposite of greed for money‚ for it means detachment from material things coupled with trust in God as the only Savior. People cheat other people for money. They betray friends for money. Members of the same family – sometimes parents and children quarrel and sue each other in court over money. Jesus
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PROBLEM 1) Why brilliant people with more money than they’ll ever need allow their hunger for even more money to cause them to lose everything? 2) How much is enough‚ and why are people willing to risk so much to get more? 3) If money is so alluring‚ how is it that so many people of great wealth also seem so unhappy? CAUSE The single-minded pursuit of wealth often leads smart people to do incredibly stupid things‚ things that destroy what money can’t buy. Examples given in the article: Raj
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Can Money Buy Love? Imagine growing up and never finding that perfect someone. Now imagine two people meeting and one of the two people thought that the other person was so great that they thought the other was their "perfect" someone. What if the decision of the two ever becoming a couple was not up to you‚ but up to your particular social status? Is it reasonable to base who you will marry clearly on the bases of ones personal wealth or social status? The answers to these questions can
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income live a more relaxed life while the truth of the matter is their money allows them to easily take care of the necessities in life such as food and clothing that other people may not be able to maintain. Therefore‚ in comparison to those types of people‚ the ones with more money generally appear more fulfilled because they are able to purchase other desires without the worry of not sustaining a steady lifestyle. Having more money provides relief for the person rather than happiness because of their
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ample Essay: Fame or Money? Every person has dreams and desires for the future‚ especially young people who think they’d do anything to make these dreams come true. Their dreams of possible careers are often limited to those of pop stars‚ singers‚ actors and actresses. In my opinion‚ what matters to young people nowadays is fame and not money‚ as some other people think. It’s very important for a person of our society to be known and to have the ability to influence others. Often unaware
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perspective. The topic was "Importance of money in life and its management." I was curious about this discussion because money is something‚ around which our lives revolve. It took me back to my childhood days when I participated in a debate with a similar topic‚ "Is money everything?" Those days I always had favored money‚ because what we observe every single day‚ every minute‚ in our every step is somehow related with money. Discussion began with importance of money. From the group a person in early sixties
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increased‚ so has the cost to render them and their players’ salaries. Many of the contracts signed today are for millions of dollars. This is unreasonably exorbitant for doing something gaiety. These days sports are centered around money and not focused on the love for the game and entertaining the fans. Some economists argue the point that major league sports‚ their products‚ players‚ and stadiums endow millions of dollars to our economy. This is true‚ but the “fine print” that
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the phrase “Money is the root of all evil”. Often people will think this phrase is not true. In this society‚ everybody needs money to survive. Money rules over everything. Without it‚ you cannot purchase anything at all. So how can money be the root of all evil when life would be miserable without money? With money‚ you can support your family members‚ help friends with income problems or even donating to the needy people and have a higher standard of living. So the more money you have‚ the
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Most‚ if not all‚ people would love to have a large amount of money just given to them. They say this because they feel that money can solve almost all their problems and worries. However‚ while it may be true that having money can take care of your basic human needs like food and a place to live‚ having too much money can be bad for your body and mind alike. As humans one of our most common instincts in current times is that we need to have lots and lots of money to be happy and live a good life
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How Malaysians save money? ‘I-phones‚ I-pad‚ HTC-phones’ are these items seem familiar to you? Well‚ from the mass media‚ we get to know that the world is now experiencing economy crisis. In correspond to economy crisis‚ prices for various items from groceries to clothes‚ houses to cars or even jewelleries have rises tremendously. Yet‚ people are still willing to spend large amount of money on the latest gadgets‚ clothes‚ new cars and many more items regardless of how much they costs. If we look
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