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Having been a child of a divorced mother and father I have managed to see over both sides of the fence when it comes to wealth versus being poor. My father was relatively rich and my mother struggled to make ends meet. I lived with my mother and sister and used to visit my father. It wasn't unusual for me to go to one of my fathers parties and mix with millionaires and then go home for baked beans on toast.

Because of this unusual upbringing I learned that money, or the lack of it, really didn't change ones life when it comes to amounts of happiness. I noticed that money could buy stylish clothes, great holidays and a lovely house. Money could buy a good education from a well sought after school and provide a person with security. But one thing that money could never buy was love.

My home in-which I lived, contained allot of love and security in different ways that money could not provide. Knowing that I could trust my mother to always be there for me meant much more than the prospect of what money had to offer.

We can be led to believe that if we had more money then our lives would change. Our lives may change positively in the sense that we could afford to live with more comfort, but emotionally money cannot change a thing.

Relying on money to make everything better in your life is like an overweight person believing that becoming slim will make life rosy for them, only to discover upon slimming that all the old insecurities and problems are still there whatever their size.

When putting a real value on money I have learned that a sense of balance is required. Money can make life easier physically and rid you of the stress of struggling to pay the rent, but it cannot buy you the finer things in life that make it all worth while.

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