Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Mourn for your Money day

Today while searching the web for my work, I came to the site of 123greetings. There I found that Tuesday, the 1oth of June'08, is "Mourn for your Money day". That kept me thinking – why do I need to mourn for money any particular day when this mourning is part of my everyday routine (not very apparent though, but yes, deep down somewhere!!). Perhaps the same feeling applies to many of you. Why is that we always seem to want more and are never satisfied with what we have (Ja chayechi ami ta paina, ja peyechi keno ta chaina – remember this song?)

It was long ago when the great saint Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa said :Taka maati, maati taka (referring to the fact that wealth is short lived and we shouldn't pine for it). However, clever souls of the present consumer driven age have added one more line to this philosophical saying :Taka baadey jibon faanka (life is empty if you don't have enough money to buy and splurge on things). Wonder what my readers think of the craving to earn and have more and more.

4 comments:

JAS said...

Maybe, the great saint was actually referring to real estate (maati) prices (taaka). Jokes apart, money always chases things in demand. They can be land,stocks,products, professional skills, expertise or knowledge etc etc. Its better to "chase" development of one's own vocation & self than to chase money. If things fall in line one day, money will chase you. Isn't it?

Anonymous said...

Hummm.... anek din pore aabar mone poRe gelo! ei 'make your money day' aamader 123g te events D'r under e poRto. maane most unimportant eventgulo'r ektaa. egulo keno je koraa hoyechilo, aamar maathay konodin dhokeni. eisab events e ekta card-o issue hole aamra borte jetum! office e praay party hoto! ;)
eguloke market kora hoto naa, keu egulor katha jaanto-o naa, beshirbhaag samay creative team ke bolaa hoto, "kire haathe kono kaaj nei? events D'r ekkhaana card baniye fel to!" taarao adda-iyaarki maarte maarte ekta baaniye fello. marketing team er keu jodi hothaat jodi ei section e bhul kore ese poRlo, aar haathe kichhu samay aachhe, to khaanikta market kore dilo, keu jigyes korlo-o naa, sei marketing er fol ki holo, adou du chaarte card issue holo kinaa.
perfect duoraani jaake bole!

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dhiman said...

kya bahana hai yaar...