What Money Is

This is a listing of what I have learned money to be. Money is

1. A Servant. There are things that you can send money to do for you. I really do not like washing, so I send the washing machine. It is tiresome to drive to places so get some airtime and call up the people I want to meet and save time. Some times money represents me at weddings...
2. Important. Today's world is very difficult to imagine without money. Money plays major roles in relief work, printing Bibles, finances weddings, wars and divorce. It pays for school fees, travel and food. You name it, money is so important. Anyone who says it isn't obvious has never gone a few months without it.
3. Neutral. It has no personality. It does not mind whether it is in the hands of the rich or poor, righteous or wicked, young or old, smuggler or cop. Money is neutral, amoral. It does not take sides. It simply is.
4. Gives you options. Without money, your options are limited. It enables me to go to a private hospital and not the crowded government funded ones. I am able to take a coach instead of "every man's bus. When I get more, I will fly to Johanesburg and not take the coach. When I fly, it's two hours as opposed to the two days by road. Money enables me to buy an electronic Bible and not the leather bound covered one.
5. Medium of Exchange. Yes, money is just a tool we use to exchange goods and services we consider to be of value. Without money, I would have to pay an equivalent of $1,000 for my monthly rent in another item of value. I could give my landlord  a second hand used car only to learn that what he wanted at the time was three cows as he prepares for his daughter's wedding. Money levels that playing field. It is a medium of exchange.

What else did I miss out that money is? For ways on how you can have money, click here.

Later.