How many times have we heard things like the following statements?

• Money is the root of all evil.
• If you’ve got your health you’ve got it all.
• It’s always the same thing. The rich get richer.
• Money ruins friendships and relationships.

The attiudes mentioned above are frequently reinforced in the news, in the media, in movies and on social media. But are they realistic perceptions of money’s place in our lives? For as long as I can remember it’s been cool to deemphasize financial wealth as a wonderful thing. At least among the people I’ve been around. Sure, I’ve known people who seemed very comfortable flaunting their wealth but those people have represented the exception to the rule. Almost everyone I know, even those who I know are very well off financially, downplay the importance of the wealth they have in their lives.

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Our ability to cultivate inner peace and our relationship with money are inexorably linked to one another. For that reason, money and its many impacts on our lives will be a key area of exploration on this site. Like many people my relationship with money and its effects on my life has been a source of stress for me. As the years have gone on my relationship with money and my ability to manage it has improved so I’m glad to share my thoughts and experiences with you.

Over time there are a number of money related themes that I will explore but it’s important to start out by highlighting an important big idea with respect to money (and wealth in general). The blind pursuit of money just for the sake of accumulating great wealth is one of the surest ways to not find inner peace. Because while money allows you to take care of yourself and your family, and affords you access to luxuries that could give you some happiness, the pitfalls of money increase as you accumulate more of it. One key pitfall of the pursuit of money is the tendency of people to become obsessed with accumulating more of it. In fact, many of the world’s wealthiest people have been known to be obsessed with the preservation of their wealth.

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