things you should know..

I like to see things in terms of investments. Let me explain how everything maps to this model.
So, what is an investment? I looked it up, and the main object of investment is money. But this is not true.. let's forget that for a moment.
I believe the only thing we invest is time. Time is our only true resource, and like any resource.. it is limited.
It's only important what we do with this resource of ours.. our life. For example, we can use it to make money, to teach others, to have fun.. we INVEST it to get what we need.
So, money is not a resource, is the result of our time investment in something that makes money.. a job, playing lottery, and many other ways we have today that are more or less ethical.
Got the idea? If yes.. please continue reading.. if not.. maybe this is not for you.

What do we have so far? In our society we classify things as free and not free.
The things that are not free require some sort of obligation (most of the time an amount of money.. don't forget where these came from.. we actually pay with our life.. bits of it at a time), but because of this, it makes us more aware of our actions, and of what we are offered. Because we make an INVESTMENT, we want the best result.
Now, the tricky part is with the things that are free. Because they do not require any obligation, we take it for granted and not really judge what's its purpose, what are the consequences of allowing that thing in our life.
That's a problem.. (also a quote I like)
Nowadays it's exactly those things that are free that enslave us. There are many people that make use of our naivety to miss guide us or to morally enslave us (making a favor requires a favor back - this is not a natural rule, but it has proven so).
This is not all.. just by being more skeptic to others' intentions makes us lose confidence in the one standing beside us.. maybe this is not so bad, but we get so paranoid that we may isolate ourselves from the rest of the world.
We take more time to make friends (or at least we should), but, in terms of investments, these friends are more valuable. We know their true intentions.
Another thing: if you've got this far, it means you have spent some time reading this. Yes, you've made an investment that I hope will pay off. As you can see, I try to be as straight forward as I can (of course, this statement should make you wonder what's my the purpose in convincing you of that, but it's better to make you wonder than not to).
If you have decided to continue reading, please do. If you have doubts, good luck from now on.