In 1933 George Orwell stated in a short essay, “In all the modern talk about energy, efficiency, social service and the rest of of it, what meaning is there except “Get money, get it legally, and get a lot of it”?
Well it seems to me that we have not moved to far from there in the last 75 years. The question foremost in my mind now is if an economic downturn helps us focus differently, towards other things then money. Or on the other hand does it instead focus us even more intently on money as the root of all. From what I am seeing all around me people are focusing more then ever on how to “get there”.
I personally am going to take this oppurtunity to align what I really believe in with my feelings about money. It will be a challenge, but I will get there.
Steve Valenta said,
February 17, 2009 at 4:44 am
Good, good stuff here. It reminds me of a fairly well known Industrialist, Henry Ford said, “A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.”
The quote almost seems less to me because it was penned by Mr. Ford – because of what the company has become, it seems almost disingenuous. Not fair, I’m sure. But, how far have we fallen? I can’t believe that article from Orwell was from 75 years ago? How have we not changed since then?
I really believe “crisis is our friend.” It’s in these moments that cause the scales to fall from our eyes and to “see” things we’ve never seen before. We’re being awakened.
This all reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from The Matrix: “Why do my eyes hurt? Because, you’ve never used them before.”
Good post HH.