To borrow or not to borrow
"Keep your friendship and business relationship separate." This statement is
very popular. There are many people who have personal experience that proves
this point. A dollar sign often symbolizes greediness, envy and even crime.
That is why many people avoid involving money into their friendship. They try
to keep them separate.
We can find the reason for this separation if we take a closer look at human
existence. An individual has to choose between physical and mental sides of his
life all the time. Almost in every religion he is presented as a creature
comprised by two parts: one of them is spiritual and good, and the other one is
materialistic, and therefore, bad. It is extremely hard to choose once and
forever which part of yourself you devote your life to; we usually try to
man oeuvre between them. I think that we can stop being afraid of keeping
money and friendship closer to each other, and even benefit from merging them.
I personally never had a bad experience with involving money into my
friendship. I never borrow money from people, but I have no problem with
lending money to my friends. They always return it on time, and I never have
to remind them about it. I am also sure that if I have to borrow money from
them they will never refuse to lend it to me. Maybe it indicates that they are my
real friends. In this case we can see that money can be litmus paper of
friendship. I know my friends for many years and I am certain that nothing can
break us up: neither money nor other circumstances. If I decide to start my own
business I will do it with my friend, because he will not deceive me or steal
anything from me.
On the basis of this personal experience of mine I can deduce that money does
not spoil friendship; they just indicate the worst parts of our souls - the
materialistic parts. Money helps us understand who considers them as a
source of living, and who worships it. If my conclusion is right I recommend
that everybody involve money into friendship - this way you can find out who
your real friend is.
"Keep your friendship and business relationship separate." This statement is
very popular. There are many people who have personal experience that proves
this point. A dollar sign often symbolizes greediness, envy and even crime.
That is why many people avoid involving money into their friendship. They try
to keep them separate.
We can find the reason for this separation if we take a closer look at human
existence. An individual has to choose between physical and mental sides of his
life all the time. Almost in every religion he is presented as a creature
comprised by two parts: one of them is spiritual and good, and the other one is
materialistic, and therefore, bad. It is extremely hard to choose once and
forever which part of yourself you devote your life to; we usually try to
man oeuvre between them. I think that we can stop being afraid of keeping
money and friendship closer to each other, and even benefit from merging them.
I personally never had a bad experience with involving money into my
friendship. I never borrow money from people, but I have no problem with
lending money to my friends. They always return it on time, and I never have
to remind them about it. I am also sure that if I have to borrow money from
them they will never refuse to lend it to me. Maybe it indicates that they are my
real friends. In this case we can see that money can be litmus paper of
friendship. I know my friends for many years and I am certain that nothing can
break us up: neither money nor other circumstances. If I decide to start my own
business I will do it with my friend, because he will not deceive me or steal
anything from me.
On the basis of this personal experience of mine I can deduce that money does
not spoil friendship; they just indicate the worst parts of our souls - the
materialistic parts. Money helps us understand who considers them as a
source of living, and who worships it. If my conclusion is right I recommend
that everybody involve money into friendship - this way you can find out who
your real friend is.
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