What Are the Real Things You Want?

Once upon a time, there was a young man who was 22 years old. But he was very poor. He was absorbed in sadness and pulled a long face everyday. His brain was filled with how to become wealthy. He thought that money talks and dreamed that he could have a lot of money one day. He just thought that the world was unfair and life was of no concern for the poor. It seemed that nothing he could do except for sighing. Until one day he met an old man who was very rich. But the old man is so weak that he couldn’t stand without the help of walking stick.
The old man asked the guy:" why were you so sad all the time?"
“ I was very poor. I wanted to be as rich as you.” Said the young man.
“ ok, I would give you one million .”
“ But you would become as old as me, were you willing for that?” the old man added.
The young man thought for a while and replied:” I didn’t want to become as old as you.”
“ So if I gived you one billion, but you would die in several days. Were you willing for that?”
“ Of course not.” young guy answered.
“you were now 22 years old which is one of the best period of your life. This was the biggest fortune of you. Health and happiness can’t not be measured by money. Now you owned the biggest fortune. So you were not poor actually.”
The old man walked away. Just left the young man thinking there.
The story ended. We also should think and ask yourself what is the real fortune you have? Is money really so important?
I can’t deny that money is important sometimes. But we should not be addicated to money. Money is not the whole part of your life. Nowadays many people are crazy about making money. The young are badly influenced by this phenomenon. In their eyes ,there is only money. People become more and more indifferent. It’s really the time to stop to think about what are the real things you want in your life?
In my opinion , money is just the servant of you ,not the master of you. There are many things which need you to value. Such as love ,friendship and health. Just enjoy every minute of your life no matter whether you are rich or not. All is but a cherry fair. Money cannot be forever. So life will become meaningful as long as you know what is the most important to you.