Advantages and disadvantages of money

The advantages and disadvantages of money

Everybody knows the value of money. Nothing is more powerful than money.

In fact, if we have no money, we cannot buy goods, clothes and other necessaries we need.
Without money, we cannot go to the movies, theaters or other amusements places.

How can we spend our free time pleasantly on rainy evenings without a color television in front
of us? Music from a new hi-fi can relax us quickly after a hard day of work. But how can we
satisfy our needs, our desires and our pleasures when we cannot afford to buy them?

Thanks to money we can improve our spiritual activities easily. We can go to any schools, any
universities we like to further our knowledge. If our parents are wealthy and powerful we may
be sent abroad to study. Moreover, we can enjoy pure happiness by contributing our money to
Charity funds to help the poor, the wretched and the victims of other disasters.

But money not only brings us the good but the bad as well. This accounts for much of the
wickedness in the world. The rich often depend on it to oppress the poor and millionaires
sometimes treat their servants with great cruelty. Many young people, being purse proud of
their parent’s wealth and richness, neglect their school activities, always play truant and
indulge themselves in alcohol, gambling and debaucheries. They often commit suicide after
playing ducks and drakes with all their parents’ fortune. Money, in this way, is the root of all
evils.

To sum up, happiness does not depend on the quantity of money but on the way how we use it.
We should use our money properly. The right use of money may bring us a comfortable life and
a cheerful heart.