Slow Life: The Wrong Weight of Money in Life
Giving money a higher priority than others can create hardship, dependency and marginalization
Let's immediately dispel a thought, that the article can support?an approach to a Franciscan life, made up of sacrifices and poverty, with the intention of pinning the hopes, legitimate in any case, of every individual who seeks a balance in his life in economic tranquility.?No, this is not the intention.
I would instead like to talk about when an?excessively privileged role is attributed to money, setting one's life in the spasmodic pursuit of that well-being, idealized , which continually puts people's physical and intellectual resources into motion.
Money is a fundamental necessity?for our existence, it is used to eat, to enjoy a home, to be able to have a family , support children, afford leisure and improve our old age.
That's why we spend a third or more of our days, every month for every working year, to earn money, and it is obvious that this great effort, for so much time in our lives, give money an important, laboriously important weight...Read On.