Keeping things in perspective
By Oneironaut
@_sketch_ (5742)
United States
January 9, 2011 3:53am CST
My first job ever was at Little Caesars, which is a pizza place. Mainly, I worked the cash register. One day I found something very interesting in the drawer. It was a just dollar bill, but it had a stamp on it. The stamp said this: "This is only a piece of paper with green drawings on it"
The message touched me. I switched out the bill for a dollar I had in my pocket, so that I could keep it and always remember the message it conveyed. I decided I would never forget that money only has the value we give to it and to never get caught up in that sort of thing. So many wars are fought, so many people are hurt, people sell their souls, all over money. I never want to be a part of that. That dollar bill is hanging up in my room to this day.
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@Barb42 (4214)
• United States
9 Jan 11
The Bible says that money is the root of all evil. It isn't evil in its self, no reason not to have money. But to connect money with making us a complete person is wrong. Many poor people without much money or none at all are just as happy as those who are millionaires. They've never known a life with lots of money or 'things', and they find happiness in life itself. That's the way we should all be. Life is what we make it and money can add to your happiness or it can bring you down.
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@Gameslayer007 (862)
• United States
9 Jan 11
Absolutely. The "life is what we make it" phrase is my motto. You cannot put a price on happiness! If you could walmart would have already sold out.1 person likes this
@Gameslayer007 (862)
• United States
9 Jan 11
How cool is that!
I agree that money is overvalued. Most people don't put enough value on the things in life that truly are important, because those things don't have a monetary value. What a great way to keep things in perspective.
@Gameslayer007 (862)
• United States
9 Jan 11
The only difference between the richest man in the world and the poorest man when they die is the price of the coffin.
You can't measure a person's worth, true worth, without figuring in what kind of person they were. If your rich when you die you'll still have dirt thrown on you. You can't take money with you when you die so how important is it really? You need it for success more so in my opinion. Being rich doesn't make you a good person, and I feel to be truly a success you be a good person.
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
27 Jan 11
That is an awesome story. What a great message to find printed on a dollar bill!
When it comes down to it, money is only as good as the economy that it is used in. If that economy falls apart, then how is that money going to feed us? How is it going to keep us warm and dry? We really should be paying more attention to real commodities like having some fertile land on which we can feed ourselves by growing crops. Instead most people are wasting their lives trying to keep up with their neighbours in a materialistic world.
Most people are working their lives away like slaves, just so that they can buy stuff that they do not even need. 
When it comes down to it, money is only as good as the economy that it is used in. If that economy falls apart, then how is that money going to feed us? How is it going to keep us warm and dry? We really should be paying more attention to real commodities like having some fertile land on which we can feed ourselves by growing crops. Instead most people are wasting their lives trying to keep up with their neighbours in a materialistic world.
Most people are working their lives away like slaves, just so that they can buy stuff that they do not even need. 
@megamatt (14291)
• United States
9 Jan 11
Money is in fact worthless without people to use it. And using it right. That is in fact a nice little message. Sadly, in life, I doubt that many people will even think about that message more then once. It is the thought that does in fact count. Therefore, with that in mind it is a good message. Thank you for sharing that story, it is quite interesting. Inspiring too in many ways.
@_sketch_ (5742)
• United States
9 Jan 11
Yeah I think you are right about people not thinking about it more than once. I am the type of person to constantly be trying to take a deeper, philosophical message from all things. lol. Glad you liked my story.
