Money = Favors?

Money. A sign of power or ownership? A means of owning things or repayment? Or perhaps a method of replacement?

Money makes the world go round.

Currency. It began with pebbles, beads and precious metals. And it has evolved eversince into pieces of paper and insubstantial numbers.

It has become so widespread it has turned into the nervous system of our civillisations. No longer do we find ourselves bartering one deed for another and one form of goods for another. We trade with currency. A medium by which the value of all goods are measured.

We are paid to work. We sell our belongings for pieces of paper. We trade food for currency. Money has become the essence of our livelihood.

Money is in truth nothing more than an I.O.U (I owe you). It is a system of trading favours. One good deed in return for another in the future. It is a debt.

You work hard under the supervision of another person. Instead of giving you food or shelter as was the case for people in the past, or returning one good act for another, we've learnt to instead trade money for all these things. Money has taken central stage in our determination of value and such. It has become an integral part of our world. In exchange for our service, we take these green I.O.U notes with which we can call upon the services of others around us.

We use the money given to us to buy food,seek shelter and other such comforts. We make it into a method of repayment and replacement for whatever deeds we've done for friends, family or even strangers.

Indeed, money is a method of giving a body or material value to help and favors. Promises given a more specific and countable value.