15 Things Money Can’t Buy (no matter how rich you are)
Remember the Beatles’ song “Money Can’t Buy Me Love”? When asked what the thought behind the lyrics was, Paul McCartney said: “The idea behind it was that all these material possessions are all very well, but they won’t buy me what I really want.”
Most of us have daydreamed about achieving personal fulfilment if only we had enough money.
Money can accomplish wonderful things: you can purchase expensive watches,buy a new car, and go on exotic holidays.
Despite the worldwide fixation on money, there are things that money can’t buy:
- Contentment.
Being content is the key to happiness.
Having more money doesn’t guarantee satisfaction. The opposite behaviour is typically observed: the more one has, the more one desires.
The desire for more becomes a strange addiction to dissatisfaction rather than the search for contentment.
- Happiness.
Having lots of material possessions cannot compensate for lack of balance and equilibrium in your life if money cannot stabilize things. It might send things spinning off in some wild, unexpected tangent.
Money doesn’t guarantee happiness, as we see it repeatedly. Even if you’re wealthy, you might not be satisfied in your personal or professional life.
- Love.
Throughout the ages, money has never purchased true love.
No monetary system on earth comes close to the elegance of that grace in forging deeper connections of trust, openness, communion, and compassion.
- Spirituality.
Rather than focusing on materialism, spirituality focuses on finding inner peace and enlightenment.
No matter how much we donate to the poor or how many remote temples we visit, being spiritually connected requires more than writing our names on checks or swiping credit cards.
- Family harmony.
It’s always tempting to believe that we can give enough money to a family member to eliminate their stresses.
It always fails.
- Self-worth.
Look at the person who thrusts their huge engagement ring in other people’s faces at the slightest provocation, and people with expensive watches feel the need to check the time.
Those with fragile self-worth bolster their sense of self-worth with trendy, expensive, conspicuous things people can’t fail to notice. Their worth is also gone when the items are gone and the people are gone.
- Respect.
A golden-lined it is, to brag about one’s achievements to adoring crowds.
Respect cannot be contained in a wallet, trust fund, inheritance, or hedge account. Those tiny things cannot include such an exalted concept.
Money often causes people to behave in ways that diminish the little respect they might have gained by attempting to be decent human beings.
- Gratitude.
It’s OK to be generous as long as you don’t expect those you help to bow down to you, but many do: I gave, so now please shower me with gratitude.
A genuine thank you is always given without a price tag, and gratitude is always sincere.
- Friends.
It’s worth writing on a chalkboard a thousand times: Money cannot buy friends.
Flotsam and jetsam exist to exploit others, building themselves up at the expense of others. No one would regard such a creature as a dependable companion.
- Forgiveness.
You cannot purchase certain things money cannot purchase, and getting out of those situations is one of them. Buying a diamond necklace, a bouquet, a suit, or a box full of presents won’t help.
Forgiveness comes from placing oneself at the service of others, not through proxies or intermediaries.
- Truth.
Spending on political campaigns could eradicate a social problem before lunchtime, yet we know how little truth is contained in those breeding pools of propaganda. A large budget is no substitute for facts.
- Compassion.
It’sa fact that even the most despicable people can donate to charities. However, money cannot purchase a compassionate heart if one is lacking. It cannot make us care, empathize, or seek to solve problems.
Compassionis the act of eradicating the barriers that stand between our perceptions and the suffering of others, not shifting cash allocations.
- Connection.
Having a lot of people around you is guaranteed when you have money, but not a single one of them will be with you if you are not well off.
Having plenty of money can keep you busy jumping back and forth, but how often do you feel present?
An inner life connection occurs when one greets the inner lives of others, and it requires honesty and time, not your savings account rate.
- Loyalty.
A financial transaction cannot produce loyalty; character respect leads to loyalty. Sycophants, toadies, and foot soldiers are all available for the right price. They will turn their backs on you when a better deal comes along.
- Safety.
Although money can buy a weapon, which guarantees danger, it cannot provide a permanent force field to protect anyone from humanity’s crimes.
Money is a wonderful distraction, but the things that cannot be purchased are what weforever require.
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