Chapter 14 Blog

Money only has the power we give it. The only value it holds is the label we place on it in order to fulfill our material needs. How you use your money, can be a big representation of the person you are and the lifestyle you choose to live. You can use that money to buy more material items, healthy food for a positive lifestyle, or you can donate that money to help people in developing countries. Whatever you choose to do with it, the money is going to the cause that you want, and therefore its only purpose is to meet your needs. This is why money makes invisible things, visible. Money can be used from a venture capitalist in order to fund a start up business. It can turn a simple idea and vision, into a reality. Money can buy a well for families in poverty, hydrate their bodies and nourish their crops. It can turn a famished family, into a flourishing, healthy one. The possibilities are endless. But money only has this power because our world has supplies, and international relation needed to find a way to meet demands. To place monetary value on items people want and need and chose to implement money into a system that would inevitably empower this piece of paper and give society order. Globally, our money is always relative to the value of other people's money and it is constantly changing. But ultimately, the value it holds is still only what we make of it and its' importance to us. Whether the dollar is worth fifty cents or 50 dollars, the real value is inside of us.