Money is a good Servant, but a Bad Master

Money is the second God — goes the saying. In a sense, that is true. The wheel of the whole universe of activities centers round one point — money. Money buys wealth, happiness, even love sometimes. Mankind all over the world kneels down to it. Truly speaking, there is hardly any job on earth that money can not accomplish. True, money is very powerful. But what is the nature of its power? Being a part and parcel of our daily life, does it deserve the honour (u) r we give it?


As a matter of fact, money is a good servant but a bad master. It serves you best — with anything, in any way. But if you worship it, it conquers you wholly. Then you cease To be yourself. Not only that, you can not be a good servant as well.
In this regard, one thing we must remember: we earn money to live, and we do not live to earn money. Those who earn money to live earn it and spend it and enjoy their lives. They change money into happiness, prosperity, development, and well-being, but money can not change them. They can enjoy the gifts of life. But, on the other hand, those who live to earn money live like slaves to it. It is those people who are the root of all evils — chaos, destruction, murder, robbery, bribery and so on. Not only they can not control them, but they are controlled by money. We must run after money, but must not run toward hell.
So, money can never be our God — even the second. For "You must have one God only. Who will be at the expense of two?"