DO we use money as a barometer for our self worth?

Answer 1

Yes we do for the most part Mel...sad isn't it?

Answer 2

Make no mistake, having money is great, but it's not the most important thing in life. And money can't buy the important things. You might think it can, but just wait. And I think it's a bad thing to use as a barometer. Look at people like Vincent van Gogh. He never sold a painting during his lifetime except to his brother, but he painted some of the most beautiful paintings in the world. Most of us can only afford a print today. The last original sold cost something like $600,000,000. In the long run, I think character is the most important thing in a person. Honest, hardworking people will usually succeed in life. They may never be rich, but they will usually feel secure with what they have, and they will be loved--which is the most important thing.

Answer 3

I'd like to be able to say no, but I believe that there is widespread conscious and unconscious prejudice based upon socioeconomic status. In an ideal world, we would value people for who they are and not what they are.

We should learn to value people for what's under their skin and not because they have money and not because they are pretty. Unfortunately, the media does not help us in this regard. We need to start shedding our many prejudices and learn how to look beyond the superficial and into the depths of a person's sole. We are all very interesting and unique beings.

Answer 4

It is a part of the barometer of self-measurement. For some people it is a big part, for some it is a negligible one. Whatever role it plays, it is something that is considered almost universally.

Answer 5

Absolutely not! Self worth should be based upon how God sees us only. He knows our past, present, and future. He loves us unconditionally no matter how bad we are. If we can learn to see ourselves as He sees us, we will only want to be worthy.
If we use money (our possessions whatever they are) as a barometer for self worth, we can only have temporal value. We desperately need to have an eternal value system for all things, starting with ourselves.

Answer 6

I think it depends on how the money got in your pocket. If daddy left it to you, then even if you think your money makes you better than others, it doesn't, and deep down, you know it. If you worked hard and sacrificed for what you have, then money is no more than a tangible proof of your effort.

Don't be fooled, though: even if you worked hard for your money, it still won't buy happiness. (insert joke here: but you CAN rent it for a while/but at least you'll be miserable in comfort/etc)

As with anything, the key is balance and moderation: don't be obsessed with money, but don't blow it all and save nothing for a rainy day. And don't forget what's really important: friends, and loved ones, and beer...oops!

Answer 7

unless you have been so poor as to not know if you will have any food at all to eat that day then you have no idea what the value of money is. once the basic needs are met then money becomes less important . once middle classs in met a trip a year a cottage a boat that sort of thing then money becomes just means of providing more tempation.

Answer 8

i sure the heck do!

it is the losers that have little money who justify their miserable mediocre existence by saying that money isnt important.

i am more than convinced that if someone won $10 million, that person would feel the same way too!

if anyone tells you no...theyre a f-u-cken liar and loser with no future of ever being finacially successful.

Answer 9

This is harsh but only people who don't have a lot of money say NO. People with money, don't have to think about stuff like that.

Answer 10

Sadly some use it in place of actual self-esteem. Like it's possible to fool yourself....or anyone else really.

Answer 11

Not so much money, but things and the perception of wealth for many.