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I usually see life as a series of elements that need to be balanced to achieve a certain harmony, making life more like a serene and manageable journey.

Many people believe that money is everything and brings happiness, and I often imagine it metaphorically as if the balance of life were a rod with a support point right at its center of mass.

Many times, we don’t even place these weights ourselves; most of the time, I’d dare say, they are weights beyond our control. Sometimes it rains, and the small drops cause the rod to wobble; other times, the wind blows hard and disturbs that delicate balance that keeps our life in order.

This is where I begin to reflect on the role money plays in this analogy, and the best fit I see for money is that it determines the size of our rod. If we have a lot of money, the rod will be longer, and as a result, it will be harder for things beyond our control to disturb our balance.