The love of money is the root of all evil

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After this, many of you will need to reassess your financial stability. Check your financial well-being.

I’m a proud 65 year old woman, sixty five is the age you can talk to anyone, you can say anything and get away with it, after all there aren’t many people older than me here… abi… reverend. bi.. I am free to express my opinion. Mrs. Oxbridge asked the Vicar.

Yes, you are free grandma. He replied smiling and whispered a few words to his wife next to him.

Money is a subject that many of us shy away from, in fact, when we were kids, not many parents talked about it with their children.

Growing up, we were taught not to talk about money. My parents told us that money is the root of all evil and to argue or talk about it makes one angry.” They were always quick to quote that part of the bible that says, “The love of money is the root of all evil.”

As I got older I realized that money is a good thing, and this made me angry at my parents for the mindset I grew up with,” Ms Oxbridge exclaimed.

My question to you now is; What is your mindset about money?

What thoughts and phrases come to mind when you think about money?

I will say that money is neither bad nor good; it’s just a tool. Money has a simple purpose: it facilitates the exchange of value. In other words, money, like a hammer, is not inherently good or bad. It’s just a tool.

The power is in your hand to decide if you are using the right tool for the right job or not.

So when people brag that they have money, all they are saying is that they have a tool that facilitates the exchange of value.

Many years ago, Trade by Barter was known as the direct exchange of goods or services – without an intermediary medium of exchange or money – at fixed exchange rates or by negotiation. It is considered the oldest form of trade. For example, if someone has garri and needs beans, they should find someone who has beans and needs garri. A rice farmer, for example, who only produces rice, only has rice to exchange for, for example, table and chairs. To make the trade, he will have to cross the neighborhood in search of a carpenter who makes tables and chairs and who needs rice and will take it in exchange for his tables and chairs.

Who knows what else in this digital world will be the tool that will facilitate the exchange of value?

So the real problem is putting money into perspective and making use of the value it brings. I have to say here that money is not bad as my parents led me to believe. It is the value you and I place on it that can make it into what it becomes in our hands.

Let’s understand the value money adds to us and why we need a lot of it to create the comfortable life we ​​all long for.

Thank you, everyone, for the opportunity given to me to share my little knowledge with all of you.

Thank you, my dear Pastor. God bless you.

I am available for any clarification or questions. Mrs. Oxbridge ended her conversation with a smile.

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