Monday 1 September 2008

Day 243 - a salutory lesson


Immediate apologies as this is probably the most depressing blog post I'll ever make. I've been gripped by a dreadful story here in the UK that of an arson of a mansion in Oswestry, Shropshire. It is a tragedy of epic proportions as more and more information unfolds ...and it is all related to money.

photo source: BBCi
I often have arguments with friends who blah on about money is evil of which I constantly assert that the real quote is 'the love of money is the root of all evil'. And if you set your store by money, in terms of worth and status it can come to no good. This family are testament to this. No ones knows the actual truth yet but the evidence is stacking up to a)murder and b) murder of family by the husband/father whom the bailiffs were coming for.
Without discussing it further, it made me realise how money needs to be treated with caution as it can create anxiety through debt, worry, again little or no money or debt and also criminal behaviour.
I feel most dismayed by the lose of a young girl over money and it makes me think about me silly attitude to fashion and the wasting of money I haven't got on it. OK I'm not going to go and kill anyone for money, nor steal it but perhaps I need to learn to save, give it away to those less fortunate to feed themselves and hope that we all realise that our own lives are more important than monetary value.

5 comments:

Sharon S said...

Hi there-a very sad story indeed. A lot of lessons are learnt by being in debt and if you can set yourself a reasonable budget that allows a good program of debt repayment and a clothes allowance, it should be a happy medium. For what its worth, I do give monthly to charities by direct debit and do my bit by shopping in the charity shops-I'd rather they have the bulk of my money over primark, topshop, etc. But each to their own, everyone has their own ways of budgeting and spending.

Make Do Style said...

Good point it is a dreadful example of money and sense of self going wrong. Sharon Rose makes a good point to regarding giving. I'm thinking of only buying jewellery from Made as it supports workers directly.
Such a sad story the poor young girl, the adults well.

Anonymous said...

Very very sad and money is never never worth this. I have a friend who lost her family in this way several years ago and the pain she still suffers is horrific. In her families case, they had the "have it all life" and then would of had to live in a pretty standard middle class way, that was worth loss of life for? You are right it is the love of money that is evil.
I keep thinking about how scared they must have been, just so tragic.
A good lesson/reminder for us all.

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