Callousness should not creep into my character
Living a good lifestyle is difficult
Today morning I felt worked up. Very tired because of yesterday’s chores. At the back of my mind I was calculating something which I usually don’t and that is MONEY.
Even though I do not like to calculate, stuff that I spend on is usually long-term. I have a savings mindset. But I seldom take risks to invest in a good lifestyle.
There was a time when I had just 4 dresses and basics to live resource poor. Those were the times when my father was spending on my education as well as stipend.
This transition when I am to reach a new place and settle there, requires a lot of money management. The previous mind-boggling week helped me to realize that one can live resource poor also, with just 1 bowl, a few spoons, milk and bread.
The whole point is that the children in my country are not so privileged. Many government schools are open for the sake of it. Teachers do not help children with their education. Those who do are gems who create a vocation out of education for poor children who want to build their future.
Over the years, with very less or very abundant money, people become callous. Their agenda is money hoarding and not emotions, science, love, passion. Such people calculate everything, and never like to spend or support someone else’s success which is very difficult for them.
If you are resource poor, at least find any kind of salary or work to achieve personal success through daily discipline, just dare to find your call. You can switch from one job to another so that you fix yourself to your call. You can start at 50 years of age also. No hurry for as long as you live and let your vocation decide you.
As for me, I never bargain with the poor people. Neither do I spend too much. I prefer a cult where there are honest and fair transactions to buy a good living. Most part of our day is spent on routine amenities. The rest we do not need. Fixing a few things and calculating our bills, makes us smart money managers, and not kings now and losers later, or losers always.
I do not like to become callous.
When you deprive someone of love, he becomes a callous freak who is stubborn enough to not acknowledge humility, love and good-will that people have for him.
When someone is ridiculed constantly, he loses his self-respect and never tries to respect other people. Once respect is lost, we move in cycles of fraud and criminality, money misuse and ruthless behavior. I do not think that people smoking cigarettes and binging alcohol maintain a good personal and mental hygiene.
Having good habits, cordial behavior and respect are pre-requisites for a healthy and fulfilled living. Money does buy all of it to some extent, but do not be dependent on it because when you tend to overspend unmindfully, regret creeps in while looking at that vegetable vendor, the boy begging on the road, that homeless elderly you found at the railway station and so on.
Charity is good. But if you do not believe in it, its your call. But do not overspend the resources of your government only on yourself if you have reasonable money. So that you help that boy, the elderly or the vegetable vendor indirectly.
To sum up this short post, I propose, not become callous by protecting your money too much or over spending it. Mindful spending must be taught to children. Do not unnecessarily bargain with poor people. Build equity through own efforts, do not wait for authorities to bring this about. Other than cleanliness of home, clean spending also develops a healthy lifestyle. These facts are known. This is just a reminder to myself, and my likes to not become callous money wise.
