Does money really change people? Have you experienced any of your friends who changed because they became rich? Would your behavior change if you had money? Hello #scimultiverse friends, happy weekend. I welcome you all to my blog today.
Money, they said, is the “root of all evil and answereth all things.” Money truly is powerful. Truly, it changes people. It changes the looks, status, behaviour, and attitude of people. For example, I used to know a woman in my local church whom they referred to as a poor woman. This woman lost his husband early in life but refused to give up on life. She continued to fight relentlessly, learning one skill or the other until life smiled on her. Her son became rich, and immediately things turned around for her. She leveraged that opportunity to become instrumental in the church project and every branch of the church activity. That is how money can positively impact people.
On the other hand, money can turn an individual into a dragon, a tyrant, and an ingrate. I have a friend, and we schooled together. His parents were not that buoyant to take care of his school fees. While at school, he resorted to working after school and doing other after-school work to make ends meet. Conversely, I was the last born and well taken care of while at the university. So, I made sure that I shared with him some foodstuffs and cooked foods.
One day, during one of our final exams, those who still had outstanding work were sent out of the examination hall. He ran to me and requested help after calling home and getting negative feedback regarding clearing the debt. I assisted him with some money, which gave him leverage to sit for his exams. Though he lost hope because he didn’t believe I would raise that kind of amount for him.
Fast forward to a few years ago, and he relocated abroad and was doing pretty well. One day, I reached out to him to assist me with a referral link of a coin I was mining that needed a certain number of people for me to earn my rank and get a fair share of the coin. I called, and he ignored my calls. I shared a voice note with him, and he purposely said something else, but when I redirected him to my voice note, to the deepest shock of my life, this guy read my message and ignored me to date. What an Irony of life.
This guy wouldn’t have written his final exams and might have lost some years if I had not shown up for him. I felt terribly bad. I ran back the memory lanes of how desperate and anxious he was before I showed up for him.
Well, I dusted my feet and refused to allow that behaviour to change me into someone else. Though I am not doing badly, I am not where I want to be yet. Nevertheless, I don’t think that being wealthy will change my attitude towards people. I would remain supportive and stay true to my purpose because it is only in being helpful that the joy and fulfillment of wealth is found.
But for my friend, he feels he is the one blowing the pipe right now, and as a result, he dictates our tune. He has quickly forgotten the past.
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