The lady took her niece's hand and ushered her to sit next to her. She was in her late fifties. Her hair was gray and there were some wrinkles under her eyelids, despite all that, she looked firm and commanding. She was rich, famous and powerful. Her husband died ten years ago leaving her no kids but a great fortune. She has been managing this for a long time. The companies that deal with the petrol were more than five major ones. Two in America, one was in Britain. For the other two companies, one was in the gulf area and another one was in Venezuela. There were also the branches for those companies scattered all over the world. she wanted to train her niece to take care of this huge responsibility.
Her niece was seventeen and she wanted her to understand how to manage such huge companies after her death. She was telling her about power. The girl was thinking that money was the power. Her aunt told her that money was only a mean to get you somewhere. Power is the target. If you own the power, money can come easily. The aunt was hoping for the head of the parliament. She was elected as a member six years ago, and she was trying to get to that post since then. That is why she wanted her niece to think about power. But her niece is absolutely different from her. She thinks money is power. You can buy voters to elect you and vote for you. Or you can pay to get whatever you desire, as long as you have the ability to pay for it.
The girl came and sat beside her aunt. It is useless to discuss the matter with her. Each party is convinced with his own ideas. The aunt started to tell her niece to think about power seriously. There is something which cannot enter the little head of that girl. She thought to herself, we have more than fourteen companies all over the world. Our monthly net profit is nearly more than one seventy million dollars a month. My aunt is driving me crazy. What does she need? What is there to be put into consideration?
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In my opinion:
In the modern context, I believe some people always think of that if they can make money on large scale by doing whatever possible/available with them irrespective of social norms and other values established by humanity, it is the success of life. Some believe strongly that if money is around for the most part, it is the base to “gather power”; “no money means the power is far-reaching”. During election time in my country (I think it is the reality in the whole world at present!), candidates, who come from affluent families, are of higher probability to win the elections because they are in a position to spend much money on the election campaign in order to make over the way ordinary citizens think. Ordinary citizens seemingly think within a narrow spectrum, so rich candidates can easily transform the mindset of ordinary citizens by spreading money in every direction. I think “the money and the power” go together as a single unit in current world, but a few people in every society could achieve it because of the inequality in our societies. The majority get suffered whereas the minority get collected “the money and the power”. If “the money-power union” is the only solution to burning issues in the world, this world must be a heaven right now. We need money for living, but we need not live for money-power matrimony. The meaning of life is really deeper and wider.
Good Luck!
Bahut acha hain mera dost! Eyesa, main bahut pasand. Wisdom is very important in such cases. Thanks for your comment.
Mamnoona ya Sewar! Kalamik zai assukar, wa ahla min assukar. I really appreciate your nice comment about that blog.
Power or money??? What a bewildering question!!! Actually, in the estimation of most people, both of them, power and money, are two faces to the same coin. With money you can drag the power to your side, and vise versa. Well done my friend, it is ,really, a nice discussion.
It means that you are on the side of the aunt. That what was trying to tell her niece, but I was wondering whether you were referring to that new executive officer who is going to take the lead in 2017! Thanks for your helpful opinion.
To make money and to reserve it you need to be powerful , power will protect money
Thick Khach Dinh Quy! Cam on! I really like that comment. It gives me the idea of telling you to go to my discussion about love woman / country. Please, try to give it a look. One more thing, I am very glad to have a true person like you who is not ready to sell his country with the money of the world. Thank you!
"Something can not be bought by money, it will be bought by too much money" Vietnamese young people say that.
But when we get older, we will understand that something can not be reached by money.
By the way, it is a good story
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