Personally, I’ve heard it said in the self-development world that money is the root of all evil… that we shouldn’t want for material objects.

I, myself, have said on countless occasions that money will not bring you fulfillment or sustained happiness. Neither will the lack of money, which means there is something else that provides that fulfillment.

But its not the fulfillment that I wanted to discuss today, its whether or not wanting material objects is a good thing or not such a good thing.

My own views on this topic are that we do live in a material world. There are certain material objects that we have to have in order to survive. Things like clothing and a home to stay in are all essential to our survival.

Because we live in this material world, having some of the material objects, including money, is perfectly okay. We get to define how we want to live. We get to define what experiences we want to have. We get to define it all, and so if I choose to have more money, and another chooses against it, that is perfectly fine too.

I don’t feel there is a way that you must be in order to live a successful and fulfilled life. The fulfillment can never come from a material object anyway, but only from within. The diverse setting that we live in where we each want something different, provides the perfect setting to create our own segment of reality that is heaven on earth to us.

Life is material.
Your home is material.
Our clothes are material.
Your body is material.

If we did not want to experience having and playing with the materialistic objects in this world, then why would we choose to live in a physical body? There would be no point to us coming here and so if we truly did not want material objects then surely we would choose to stay in the non-physical environment.

It’s important to remember that anyone can choose anything they please. There is no right or wrong with anything, including the wanting of material objects.

I say… go out there and experience it!

Go get some dollars… go and travel the world… experience other cultures… enjoy your life. Feel good and be happy. Your happiness should be regarded as the most important thing.