In her own words; "I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God."
And: "Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them."
Since you categorically claim that money equals success, as if you are speaking for everyone, then I only need one example to disprove it.
You've misunderstood her quote. What she is saying that she wouldnt cure the leaper for money, but for love. This means that money doesnt motivate her. What it doesnt say is that she wouldnt be just as successful if she had lots of money to help that leper.
Once again, please tell me how any of this disproves the fact that if she had money she would be much more successful in her endeavours? If Mother Teresa had a billion dollars, do you seriously believe she wouldnt have been able to do far more than if she had naught? Seriously??
"Of course"? It's not that obvious. I have spoken to a few people who tell me they love money itself. Of course I don't believe them, they are just lazy thinkers. They bought into the shorthand expression "money equals happiness" as if that were the end of the story. It's not hard to find hardworking, miserable rich people. So it's a misleading trope that really needs to be discarded. The reality is more along the lines of money being a tool amongst many that can be used to acheive happiness. For most people it might be the single most effective tool, but there are other powerful tools available too like discovery, development, experimenting, organising. These get overlooked. However, the untold prerequisite to make use of any of these is that people have to know what makes them happy! In my experience there are far too many who still don't know what that is. They haven't even bother to ask themselves the question because they are too busy trying to get money.
Money equals happiness is as true as saying that water equals health. We are after all 75% water and it's what we consume the most of every day, and we die faster from lack of water than lack of food. But try it and see how healthy you get by only drinking water.
Again, who cares what one or two or three people believe, think or feel. Its irrelevant. Anecdotal evidence is nonsense.
The rest of this post has been covered over and over again, I dont know why it keeps going over your head. Without money you cannot do the things that make you happy no matter how much personal discovery you undergo to find out what makes you happy. If you realize that making wicker baskets makes you happy, without the money to buy the materials you wont be able to make those baskets and you wont be happy. Again...at the end of the day, you need money to indulge in whatever you feel makes you happy.
Discussing the pursuit of money is another discussion, but again without money for the vast majority of people on this planet it equates to unhappiness. This isnt an opinion, its a fact, backed up by numerous studies and research. To simply disprove this, give up every cent you have, every possession you have and then get back to us about your happiness....with like a carrier pigeon (actually no they need to be fed)...so you'd have to use smoke signals or something.
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