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A paper on money and life
There is always a gap between the rich and the poor in the world. In a person's life, wealth can indeed bring many benefits such as reputation, status, rights and glory, but when a person wants to pursue wealth at all costs, wealth will become a dangerous trap. In fact, poverty and wealth are not only measured by material possession, but also by spiritual level. China's simple ancient philosophy advocates forbearance and cherishing wealth. Even if the ruling and opposition parties have money, they should not be arrogant, arrogant, wild and overbearing. Because of this, many valuable families have set up family instructions to warn future generations-cherish the rich and pity the poor. Nowadays, this simple traditional concept has been abandoned and forgotten by many people, replaced by Shi Chong's mentality of striving for money and squandering natural resources. Laozi advocated "an indisputable commodity". To put it bluntly, we should never destroy the harmonious psychological balance of civilized society, but maintain the harmony of the spiritual world. Unfortunately, this ancient traditional civilization and wisdom have been labeled as negative and decadent by vulgar philosophy. So the desire to pursue wealth, even if millions of people are involved in endless wars, leads to mental breakdown and crisis, and the idea of universal secularism is getting higher and higher-unfortunately, Pandora's box has been opened, and the standard of criticizing right and wrong has quickly become the fashion of materialism. Although there are many arguments for equality and fairness, it is difficult to talk about the idea that spirit is the master in the material and vulgar environment. It is unrealistic to talk about the polarization between the rich and the poor. It's wishful thinking. It's a dream. You think that most people are ordinary people and know the hardships of life. Buying a house, seeing a doctor, going to school and looking for a job are all indispensable. They all hate that they are not Bill Gates. To tell the truth, there has never been wealth for no reason, nor poverty for no reason. Being rich is also praised by others since childhood. It is also hard work. In the final analysis, poverty and wealth are not important, the key is that the social system must provide equal opportunities for competition to the greatest extent; On the surface, it is a struggle for dignity. In fact, the inner imbalance and confusion are far greater than the spiritual crisis brought about by the flying banknotes. Nowadays, it is difficult for many people to go back to their warm-hearted past. Only materialism and greed completely destroyed the peace and moderation of China's classical civilization. Lost sincere feelings. As a result, the poor secretly gnashed their teeth, complained about others and sought revenge. The crazy pursuit of more and more beautiful wealth by the rich leads to the complete commercialization of the spiritual world, which makes these people lose their basic conscience of helping the poor. It also verifies a sentence in Proverbs (Pro 1 1: 28) that goodness and virtue are a banner with strong utility and the theoretical basis for promoting and improving the quality of the general public. In fact, the rise and fall of moral quality comes from the temptation of money. Money itself is morally neutral, and there is no distinction between good and evil. What is terrible is not money, but deadly greed. Greed is manifested in people's quality and the correctness of outlook on life. Its boundary is that if a person regards money itself or the luxurious life brought by money as the main purpose of life, he is a person who is subdued by greed and controlled by money; On the contrary, people who are not greedy only use money as a means to ensure the basic quality of life, or after this requirement is met, they use money as a means to realize their higher life value. The essence of greed is the source of pain, as epiktetos said, "It is not greed but greed that causes pain". Bitterness and pleasure depend on the proportion of what you pursue and what you get, and have nothing to do with the size of what you get. For the purpose of money and luxury, more money can get more, and more luxury can get more. This vicious circle, struggle and trouble will never end. There will never be peace. Covetousness is the root of all evil. Driven by greed, officials are greedy beyond measure. As long as they have power and influence, it is not surprising that they will try their best to get money and swords. As long as it is profitable, it will not hesitate to ignore human life. Obviously, greed will make people lawless, lose their conscience and corrupt the world. Nowadays, corruption breeds in society because of the expansion of greed. Greed deprives people, which is manifested by unscrupulous means when robbing money and excessive indulgence after robbing money. Most insatiable people are for pleasure, and his hedonic thought is indulging in sensual pornography, playing obscene tricks and seeking excitement, which will inevitably lead to the erosion of life. It is no exaggeration to call him a slave to money. The whole life is for money, ruined by money, and famous for its stink. The descendants of the fallen are cursed. There is a story about a man who made a fortune by mining gold mines. When he was intoxicated with the comfort, calmness and sensual pleasure brought by wealth, one day he accidentally found himself wrinkled in the mirror and found himself aging. He also found that his life was almost consumed by wealth. Here he realized that the enjoyment of wealth had brought disaster to his spirit, so his heart was full of disgust for the enjoyment of wealth. However, for this reason, all the light of spiritual life has gone out. Paul said, "People should not love money; Be content with the status quo "because God himself said": I will never leave you, and I will never abandon you ". (Greek 13: 5-7) It can be seen that the key to being the master of money is to eradicate the possessiveness of money, treat money as a thing outside the body, take it with you when you are alive and take it with you when you die. This is the Christian outlook on life. No matter what you get or what you don't get, you should distance yourself from it and give up at any time. Only in this way can we keep a free mind in front of money and be a free person. A man who becomes a slave to money, as the ancient Greek philosopher Dion said, "He didn't get wealth, but wealth got him." I think, born in poverty, don't lose heart; Hard work, not luxury; Hard work is not easy. Can be based on the words "modesty", "frugality" and "labor", but make up for it; Take the words "arrogance", "luxury" and "ease" as lifelong sincerity. It is enough to be a sound citizen!