How do you view money?

In the past 2 days, two different groups of people that I went out with said exactly the same thing. "why other people can earn so much? I also want."

Naturally, who doesn't want a 10k per month salary, a 2 story house, a sports car and other whats not.

But the thing is, do you think you are worse off now compared to when you have immense wealth? Sure, big house, big car, big whatever, but is that what you really want in life? Or is it all part of what you are exposed to that makes you think becoming rich is really what you want, over what you really really want?

Now, what do you really want in life?

6 years ago, when I was in Kolkata, I've seen happier children there than in Singapore, even though the children here have all the things that they want and those in Kolkata have literally nothing. Why?

In my course of interaction and delivering free meals to the elderly and the needy living in one room flats, I do not think that giving them money will solve their situations, because all they truly want is companionship. Money cannot solve that.

When babies are born, do you think they know what the concept of money is? Do you think they need money to be happy? No. They need companionship. Love. Food.

As adults, do you think money can buy you all your relationships, friends, family? Or are you contented being alone in your big empty house and enduring superficial relationships with people who wants to be friends with your money?

I'm not saying we should not strive to improve our quality of life but the thought of wanting to be rich needs further deliberation. Why do you want to get rich? You might be surprise to find that it may not be material wealth that you are after, but perhaps something that even all the money in the world can't get you.