Pros And Cons Of Being Rich Essay
“If you could pick between being poor and being rich, what would you pick?” Six out of eleven of the senior said they would rather be rich. In a way, it is worst to be rich than to be poor, yet the majority of them picked being rich. Is too much money a bad thing? The fear of thinking your money will be stolen is as if you’re in a jail. When you have too much money you focus more on self than others. You become greedy because you never think you have enough money. Money should never be an abundance. When you have a lot of money, people know who to steal from. Freedom is a universal desire, and people think they can get that by having a lot of money. Although in a way this may be true, the reality is the freedom they will get is temporary;
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Having good conditions to buy anything makes a person very self-centered. They spend a lot of money on things they don’t even need; that just makes them happy. When a person is born rich, many times they don’t appreciate their possessions. God gave them this gift to bless others, not to keep for themselves. What God made to be a blessing became curse. Money gives you pleasure, but it doesn’t last long. We will be happy on the outside, but on the inside we are empty. This emptiness causes us to want more and more money. We don’t think we ever have enough money, we collect all the money to ourselves to reach our goal, but we don’t realize our goal doesn’t have an end. This greed keeps us away from God. We should keep all our treasures in heaven, not collect it here on Earth.
First Timothy 6:9 says: “Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.” God is telling us ahead of time that we shouldn’t try to become rich. If we have extra money, we should share it with someone else because there is always someone that needs it more than us. Happiness does not come from money, but from God. We don’t need to worry about being poor because God has promised He will always provide for His
Having good conditions to buy anything makes a person very self-centered. They spend a lot of money on things they don’t even need; that just makes them happy. When a person is born rich, many times they don’t appreciate their possessions. God gave them this gift to bless others, not to keep for themselves. What God made to be a blessing became curse. Money gives you pleasure, but it doesn’t last long. We will be happy on the outside, but on the inside we are empty. This emptiness causes us to want more and more money. We don’t think we ever have enough money, we collect all the money to ourselves to reach our goal, but we don’t realize our goal doesn’t have an end. This greed keeps us away from God. We should keep all our treasures in heaven, not collect it here on Earth.
First Timothy 6:9 says: “Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.” God is telling us ahead of time that we shouldn’t try to become rich. If we have extra money, we should share it with someone else because there is always someone that needs it more than us. Happiness does not come from money, but from God. We don’t need to worry about being poor because God has promised He will always provide for His