MORE MONEY DOESN'T SOLVE MONEY PROBLEMS! Part 1

Assalamualaikum and good morning.

It's a wonderful morning today, Sunday, where many people are still sleeping after a weeks' job. For those who are schooling, this is the last day of holiday before going back to school, teachers included. For those schooling in Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu, I bid all off you good luck in teaching and learning.

We took this opportunity where most people are still sleeping, taking our son 'walking'. Well, we are walking and he is strolling. Lol.

MONEY IS THE ROOT OF WANTING THINGS
When we were taking our walk, even though it's 8.07 a.m. already (we should go walking at least at 7 a.m..... what the heck... we're back now), I kept thinking what I read on the net and my books, that money, which is very important, makes people have heart attacks, fights, headaches and so on.

People often think that more money will solve their money problems. Plus, what is happening in the country : subsidies will be stopped i.e. sugar, then most probably petrol and other things that we use, will make the rakyats uneasy. This feeling of uneasyness affect all levels of rakyats, whether in urban areas or rural areas especially.

Other things will be high i.e. toll, electric tariff and others will make people like me and others as well feel worried. Why is that?

This is because, all of those things need money. We pay them in RM. Not with sand, leaves or grass. It's RM. Everyting is expensive nowadays. We were shocked to be learning that we bought 2 white bawals with the price of RM8.80 at a Pasar Pagi. It's better if we bought chicken. (Nice move eh smart consumer... yeah right!).

When we passed a few houses to the playground, I came to notice that, if I were to have an increase in my salary, let's say, RM250 per year, will it solve my problems? (I passed a few houses with beautiful landscape on their garden and few houses that doesn't have anything at all except for weeds.) When I scrutinize the matter, I think NO is the definite answer.

NEEDS AND WANTS
WHY IS THAT SO? Well the basic is that human beings have to fulfill their NEEDS and WANTS. The basic needs of humans are food, clothes and shelter. And the wants of humans are far too many. And these needs and wants must be bought by MONEY. Not sand, leaves or grass.

And these wants couldn't be controlled by human (actually we could), thus resulting the NEM SYNDROME. Or, 'not-enough money' syndrome. NEM Syndrome is everywhere, in any country, in any household and in anybody.

Go to shopping complexes and we could see many things that we want even though our needs have been fulfilled. We have grub in our belly, we have clothes on our shoulders and we have a small house for shelter. We want a new watch, a new handphone, a new pair of shoes, a new furniture, a new car, you name it, if possible, we want to take the whole shopping complex home with us! Lol!

SO MORE MONEY DOESN'T SOLVE MONEY PROBLEMS
So it's an undeniable fact that more money doesn't solve money problems. If I have an increase in my salary, I will surely go to the next sale bargain and buy things I want. I'll buy a few toys for my son and myself and many toys for my beloved wife lol.

So what solve money problems? In part two... I'll continue...