解放军文职招聘考试What Money Is For?

 What Money Is For?

Money is a blessing when it is used rightly. The same is true of all other good things. They bless if used well; they curse when abused. Many people do not seem to know what money is for. They want it above all things. But they want it to spend chiefly on them­selves.

Some boys appear to think that money is to buy good clothes and foods, toys and amusements. Some also seem to think that money is to buy leisure with. They consider that the highest happiness is to live with­out work. But that is not at all what money is for. We should get nearer the truth than that.

Money is our circulating medium in trade. Fami­lies need it to buy things they must have. In this way society exists, and the world of traffic prospers. Money means food, clothing, dwelling schools, books, wise recreation, and the means of doing good.

Of course money is not something to hoard. Its value is in its use. A million gold dollars would have been worth no more than a million stones to Robinson Crusoe on his island home. There was nothing to buy, and therefore, no use for money. And so money that is simply hoarded is of no value. It does not purchase the necessaries of life, nor relieve those who are in want. That is not what money is for.

The Bible says that "the love of money is the root of all evil". That is money sought for its own sake is the cause of all sorts of evil—lying, stealing, cheat­ing, robbery, and even murder. This is the best reason for avoiding the love of money.