Money is that a dirty word? Is that some idol we worship and look up to? Is that what makes the world go round? Most people would answer "yes" to those three questions. But really money is just a vehicle, a means of a resource to turn one lot of property into another. Food, things and services use and utilize money sometimes to the point of total absorption. Money is a tool for exchanging commodities, for valuing and giving worth to the things we make and do.

Everything must have some kind of monetary value. Even to the point of air and atmosphere. Water costs money, electricity costs money, the telephone costs money. Everything costs money and if it doesn't it will have, or would have at some time. The thing is we don't let money become our God. We don't bow down and worship money. We enjoy and use its benefits by how we utilize it save it and turn it into something more worthwhile. It can be expressed as a percentage, rationed or calculated for various reasons. It is usually exchanged and bartered with in business dealings, transactions and sales.

Money is a means to the end, a way of getting from where you are to where you want to be. It is a measure for how well you are doing in the game of life. It must be earned, respected and understood. That through some knowledge of money we are able to earn and income in order to survive live and retire. Money is not a dirty word. Money should be a God and money does make the work go around to a certain degree. But basically money is just something we offer for exchange for something else.