I often heard about the statement that money is the root of all evil. I strongly disagree with that and I believe that the real root of evil is not money itself, but the desire to acquire more.
Aside from our basic needs, water, air, shelter and clothing, money is also very important. We need money to do almost all transactions. We need money to travel. We need money for leisure. We need money to buy our basic needs. We need money to cover every bills .So on and so forth. So basically, money is good. Of course, if we have little money, we try to find ways to have enough to cover all our expenses. We tend to try every available opportunity to earn to add more food to the table. I myself work during Saturdays and Sundays to be able to earn some bucks for emergencies.
But, the desire to acquire more money is different. Wanting to have more when you already had enough can be considered greed. And greed leads you to do evil things just so you can get what you really want. How many children killed their parents because they want to takeover the family business? How many siblings fight over inheritance?
People cheat each other because of their desire to have more money than his brothers, or sisters, or friends, or neighbors. But, we forget that money is temporary. even if we own all the money in this world, when we die, we leave everything. We do not carry even a single penny to our final destination. So, instead of investing for material things, why don't we invest on unearthly things?
