I once played a game on my phone where I gathered more than 100 million coins (game tokens) that meant everything inside the game but had no value outside of it. I started from zero and within a few months reached that staggering number. With those coins I could buy skins, outfits, energy, skills to make my character more powerful and make it more attractive. Yet beyond the screen they were weightless and useless.
Life, in its own way, reflects that thing. We collect coins, that is money, and spend them on food, clothes, houses and all the things we need to keep moving forward. But just as game tokens lose its meaning once you step outside the game, our money loses all significance once we step outside this world. After death, it is nothing more than paper and metal.
The difference between game tokens and real‑world money is only in their use, not in their ultimate fate. Both are bound by the framework in which we exist. Still, we chase them endlessly. We run after money, shaping our lives around it, mistaking it purpose of life. In doing so, we let the golden years slip away, gathering tokens that cannot follow us beyond the boundary of life.
I am not against earning money. Off course it is necessary to live in this world. But necessity is not destiny. Work is meant to serve us. It is not mean to define us. A meaningful life is born from joy and joy comes from spending quality time with family and friends, moments for oneself and contributions to the society in which we live.
So, instead of living for money, we should let money serve us. We should use it to build happiness, to create meaning and to invest in ourselves. We shouldn’t waste our valuable time for just running after money.
Note: Cryptocurrencies are not more valuable than game tokens. They are important for us because we think that they have value. But, like other things they become useless once people start losing faith in them.
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