<Money, as they say, is not everything,>
True, money is just a measuring stick, like metres and litres, lux and mass.
But it's an essential way of measuring human effort and a very convenient way of doing so when it's in the form of an abstract instead of a lump of gold, or herd of sheep or flock of chickens, or gaggle of geese.
Since nearly everything we do involves human effort, there isn't a lot that can't be measured in money.
I don't subscribe to the commonly held idea that money is some tawdry entity or separate being with evil forces attached [that idea is as silly as the idea that metres and kilograms are somehow evil]. Money is just a promise to do something for somebody. That is not quite everything, but I think it's not far off.
Sure, we can use 'good faith' as in friends doing favours, or husbands and wives simply promising to have and to hold or whatever they promise to do. There is no actual piece of promissory paper, [though marriages involve a contract stipulated by government edict], but maybe all human relationships have some monetary value, even if not declared and if in a monetary form which isn't obvious.
Money is everything!
Mq |
