2022-13 Money Is Not Everything

The past couple of weeks we have been working on the Personal Management Merit Badge. While working on this badge you start to gain an understanding of project management, time management, and money management. In my opinion, money is one of those necessary curses of life. We must have money in order to purchase goods and services. My trade profession is that of being an accountant. I manage and report on money for businesses every day. Sometimes those business do very well and are making a ton of money. Sometimes those businesses are doing all they can to just break even and sometimes they even lose money.

If you were asked, could you use a little more money? I’m pretty sure that all of us would say yes. Even though money can buy some really great and also needful items., ponder on some of these comparisons of what money can and can’t buy.

Money can buy a house, but not a home.

Money can buy a bed, but not sleep.

Money can buy a clock, but not time.

Money can buy glasses, but not vision.

Money can buy a book, but not wisdom.

Money can buy a doctor, but not good health.

Money can buy social status, but not class.

Money can buy a car, but not character.

There is a old saying that you can’t take your money with you to heaven.

I personally have witnessed wealthy individuals who are unhappy, even though they could buy anything they wanted to cheer themselves up. One thing that I was taught early in my youth was, “money does not buy happiness.” Now, I’m not saying that money is bad. Just remember that money is not everything. There are certain things that money can never buy.

Back to the personal management merit badge. We learn during this badge how important it is to safeguard your money. Through trial and error, there are certain things that you will find you want and do not want to spend it on. As we go through life, protect your investments as you live the 9th point of the Scout Law, Thrifty.