Chapter 1Money
When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.
– Oscar Wilde
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
– Henry David Thoreau
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
– King James Bible
Cash, bread, dough, greenbacks, loot, moola, scratch, wampum, soldi, dinero, l'argent, geld, penge, dinheiro…
No matter what language, money is a simple word that, if you aren't careful, can cause you a lot of problems. If not you, then chances are, a family member or a close friend has struggled with it.
It's a word that can make people very uncomfortable. How many times have you been in a group when everyone gets that awkward no-eye-contact nervousness because someone (gasp) mentioned “money”?
Some abhor it as a dirty word; some worship it as the purpose of life. For one of your authors it means the latest Apple tech joy, climbing an adventure course, adding to his Under Armour “collection,” or streaming the latest Marvel series or other must-watch program on Netflix or Amazon Prime as he rockets to New Jersey from just outside of Washington, D.C., while for your other it sure helps with her obsessions: travel, power tools (working on those Bob Vila skills), the latest new tech toy, stilettos, wine, and photography equipment (hoping her talent will eventually catch up with the equipment).
Some have a lot of it and some purposefully eschew it, but the bottom line—and ...
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