Treasures…of the material kind

Each of us dreams of making it big someday not only because of the honor but I think because of the economic benefit

It will accord to anybody becoming successful. Of course people will tell you , that success not only means you have money

and that having money does not mean you are already successful.

But one of the measures of being successful is by having money and no matter how some people tell you it is not, I guess

our culture, or the culture I have been bought up equates money with success. And I do not blame them.

Money will buy you things, materials things that we so desire , that we have dreamt of having for ourselves, of buying for

our parents, kids , brothers or even friends. I am not sure if it can buy happiness but to a certain level, maybe it can, no

matter how fleeting that happiness is.

Money will buy me the jewelries I love, money will afford me the travels I can only dream of…..it will bring me to different places

to meet and form new friendships .  Financial freedom to a certain extent will give us the peace of mind that when something

goes wrong , our pockets have enough to meet the day to day needs of our family and maybe some of the wants of the children.

That when our health fails us, we have something to pay for our medical expenses or maybe for our funeral expenses, that our

Families will not be so much as hard put if we don’t have the money.

In reality financial freedom takes a lot of burden away from our lives. And  not being saddled with financial burdens is a form

of success.  Money whether we like it or not, whether we believe it or not makes our relationships so much easier to handle!

It is nice not having to worry where your next meal is coming from or whether your kids will continue to go to school next sem.

It is nice to have the real bling bling, the real designer bags…it is so much nicer if we can once in a while give our family the

“wants” that they may have without having to borrow, steal or pretend. These in a way improve the quality of our lives, money  

takes away so much pressure in our daily lives.

This is not to say though that money is everything because it is not. Money is our tool , we use money to improve our lives and

the lives of people around us. This is where  the difference lies …..when people forget how to use the material treasures given

to them. When they use money to make the lives of people miserable, then money does not equate success…..and it no longer

qualifies as a treasure.

So who says that those who have money are not successful? I don’t because they are  ! Happiness, on the other hand  is

an all together different matter!