This topic comes from a conversation I had with someone very close to me.  People think when you have money, it can make you happy, it can solve problems, and you don’t need anyone “if” you have money.  Do you remember these quotes?  “Money is the root of all evil”; “more money, more problems”?  Those are true statements.  Someone is probably thinking.. “Well that ain’t me!  Give me money!!”

My thoughts go back to a time I was living in Eatonton.  Renting a house for a little of nothing, and having a house full of friends.  We didn’t have a lot of money, but we had enough for everyone to pitch in, buy a bottle of Crown Royal, fill up the gas tank, and ride all day!  Now those were the best times ever!  I then think about the time I had money, had a party, invited everyone who normally didn’t bring anything.  I did all the work, all the entertainment, and all the cleaning, while they were all gone.  Then think about the times you go out and spend hundreds of dollars hanging out with people who really don’t care about you, only that you are buying!  Where was the love?   Even when you have money and visit your hometown, you have to buy everything, do everything, pay everyone’s bills, and then leave empty handed.  Where’s the love?

The times you know people love you, is the times you have nothing!  More money, more problems.  What does that mean?  It doesn’t mean problems for you, it means you are now in charge of everyone else’s problems.  If you have money, everyone with a problem, looks to you as their saving grace.  You are supposed to be the one to bail everyone out of their situations that they put themselves in.  Only because you have money.  If you didn’t have money, then you’d be able to listen and to talk them thru their situation and give them advice.

Look at all those lottery winners who now have nothing! Why, because they probably were the saving grace for so many other people.  How many people do you think are lonely because they have money?  Probably over 80% of them?  Why? Because now, it’s not about love, and friendship, it’s about money.  If you think you have sincere friends, and you have money.. tell them you’re broke and see if they are still around!

Family is all we have these days.  When you are from a close family, do all you can to stay close.  Don’t  let the evilness of greed and money tear you apart! When I can sit and spend time with my family, my cousins, it means more to me than any amount of money I can have.  I know how to be broke, and I know how to have money, I’ve been thru both of them.  And its ashamed to say, that the times I didn’t have anything, were the best times of my life.

So people, don’t get caught up trying to be like the Jones.. They probably ain’t happy!  Don’t try to impress someone with something that you can’t afford.   Live within your means, and you will go a long way.  If you can’t afford designer, why keep making the designers “richer” and you “poorer”.   When I say, live, love and laugh, that’s what I mean.  Those are the days that you will always remember.

Love and Hugs

The “Real” Mommie” Teresa