Money cannot buy friendship...

Money can buy a lot of things, including a sense of happiness in owing fine wheels, nicer clothes, great crib and better shoes, but perhaps one reason why I still respect Vybz Kartel is the affirmation of the fact that “money cannot buy friends” and regardless of the type of friend he meant in his lyrics.

Fine, I can confirm that money can lease friendship, but since the steadiness of the bond is anchored in the advantage therein, it will naturally end as soon as you cease to give regular incentives.

If you want true friendship or a good relationship, cultivating goodwill is what you need to do first, then goodwill will certainly create the type of reputation you need to appeal to everyone. This is why in accounting and business, goodwill is regarded as an intangible but a quantifiable asset and considered a part of the value of the business when it is to be sold.

However, unlike corporate goodwill, individual goodwill is all about an encouraging and tolerant attitude and an ability to induce and impart whatever one wants to convey without intentionally hurting the feelings of others. And cultivating goodwill is not as complicated as it may seem. As a matter of fact, there’s a built-in potential in everyone, we only need to be a little more considerate and reasonable to make the most of it.

But if we prefer to let ours gather dust in our rooms and wardrobes, hoping that cash is everything, I swear down we’ll always feel underappreciated despite all we have done for others. I know these things because I used to be a rich kid – relatively speaking that is.