Great Expectations and Fulfilment
3 December 2023 By Abiodun Kareem Giwa
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We expect the triumph of good over evil, like in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. The work has appealing themes such as wealth, poverty, love, and rejection. Everyone wants to be rich, not poor, and accepted, not its opposite. What is good and evil? Some of us think good is sinlessness, and evil connotes something deadly. Everyone wants a lot of money, as we believe it is good, and we still discuss cash as the source of evil. The excellent book agrees with the latter description of money.
But is money evil? Many agree with the scripture it is, and others think otherwise. People who agree with the Bible say only God is good, no other, either human or material. Some others ask why society has decided to make it the means of exchange if it is evil. Economists speak about the rejection of Trade by Barter in favor of cash as a means of exchange because it is easier to use than barter. Money has since become the king of transactions. Curious people say beware of anything easy to use.
Money has disappointed many of us against anticipation. Childhood is a time of innocence without expectations. Aspiration begins a little after elementary and high school and is about money but more about higher achievements like education and professional pursuits. Where the urge for money sets in is challenging to determine; however, it is visible that money and material acquisition are tied. Frequent changes in fashion and lifestyle, the urge to own properties and excel beyond expectations may be cause.
The richer the world, the higher the poverty rate. Most nations' expectations of independence to be more prosperous with wealth to care for the people have collapsed. Many people need help understanding why their countries are poor and unable to support them despite massive mineral resources while countries with little or no resources are doing better. People in countries thought to be better are also experiencing a hard time, reminding the world of the need for Joseph-type leaders in economic management.
Communism has failed to work. Socialism did not show a promise of success. And the free trade called Capitalism could be more fabulous. People grow old in the middle of the struggle for economic survival, and death stares them in the eyes. They realize death is the end of all and agree with the scripture that vanity upon vanity is vanity. They recognize death shall come either by accident or in old age to end all expectations. There may be people who achieve their life dreams, but it is tough to know because many people no longer remember death until it starts to knock on the door.
Death is painful. It is the cessation of everything earthly - money, wealth, properties, poverty, good and bad governments, democracy, autocracy, communism, socialism, Capitalism, and craziness — the end of great expectations. But humanity is something that remains that people alive should care about. People have said that too much work is harmful to the human body. There is a silent debate about reducing the number of working days in a week to four, allowing the body time to relax for three days.
But the wealthy, who pay the piper, dictate the tune. They make people work extremely hard for their pay. Modern managers have forgotten the human side of organizational management in favor of others who do not consider workers as humans. They need to gain the knowledge profit is not fulfillment and that caring for the people who help in the wealth acquisition matters.
But is money evil? Many agree with the scripture it is, and others think otherwise. People who agree with the Bible say only God is good, no other, either human or material. Some others ask why society has decided to make it the means of exchange if it is evil. Economists speak about the rejection of Trade by Barter in favor of cash as a means of exchange because it is easier to use than barter. Money has since become the king of transactions. Curious people say beware of anything easy to use.
Money has disappointed many of us against anticipation. Childhood is a time of innocence without expectations. Aspiration begins a little after elementary and high school and is about money but more about higher achievements like education and professional pursuits. Where the urge for money sets in is challenging to determine; however, it is visible that money and material acquisition are tied. Frequent changes in fashion and lifestyle, the urge to own properties and excel beyond expectations may be cause.
The richer the world, the higher the poverty rate. Most nations' expectations of independence to be more prosperous with wealth to care for the people have collapsed. Many people need help understanding why their countries are poor and unable to support them despite massive mineral resources while countries with little or no resources are doing better. People in countries thought to be better are also experiencing a hard time, reminding the world of the need for Joseph-type leaders in economic management.
Communism has failed to work. Socialism did not show a promise of success. And the free trade called Capitalism could be more fabulous. People grow old in the middle of the struggle for economic survival, and death stares them in the eyes. They realize death is the end of all and agree with the scripture that vanity upon vanity is vanity. They recognize death shall come either by accident or in old age to end all expectations. There may be people who achieve their life dreams, but it is tough to know because many people no longer remember death until it starts to knock on the door.
Death is painful. It is the cessation of everything earthly - money, wealth, properties, poverty, good and bad governments, democracy, autocracy, communism, socialism, Capitalism, and craziness — the end of great expectations. But humanity is something that remains that people alive should care about. People have said that too much work is harmful to the human body. There is a silent debate about reducing the number of working days in a week to four, allowing the body time to relax for three days.
But the wealthy, who pay the piper, dictate the tune. They make people work extremely hard for their pay. Modern managers have forgotten the human side of organizational management in favor of others who do not consider workers as humans. They need to gain the knowledge profit is not fulfillment and that caring for the people who help in the wealth acquisition matters.
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