Doesn't everyone want money? We work hard to earn better wages, so we can buy better things. And when you have better things, your life becomes better. That's written clearly in the handbook of life: make money-buy things-be happy. But is that really all there is to it? There are really lucky (unlucky?) people who's lives are turned upside down because they: won a lottery, found a HUGE diamond, got a hand that turns things into gold. These people were suddenly granted their greatest desires, money. They became millionaires, trillionaires, and gajillionaires. And not one of them found happiness. It's a well known fact that lottery winners live terrible lives. They lose their friends, file for divorces, get murdered, suicide, all kinds of undesirable outcomes. In The Diamond as big as the Ritz, the Washington family is quite well-off since they're ancestor found a diamond as big as the Ritz. In the end of the story however, 3/5ths of the family goes poof and becomes ash while the other 2/5ths are condemned to a life of poverty. Certainly undesirable. Everyone knows the story of King Midas, he who turns things to gold with his touch. He accidental touched his daughter and she turned to gold. In a way, she lives forever but not "really" alive. Also undesirable. Through these three examples, the negative effects of money can be seen. The question remains, do you really want money?
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