When you search the dictionary for money, this is what you get.
- Any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- Gold, silver, or other metal in pieces of convenient form stamped by public authority and issued
- As a medium of exchange and measure of value.
But what could also be money?
Money is a store of value.
Money is a unit of account.
Money is the flow of power.
Money is a story.
Money is also the root of all evil (and this is also untrue).
True understanding is not just about what the dictionary says – that is just one of many ways to understand.
True understanding is built from the basic with an unbroken chain of logic. It is about how things relate to each other.
Someone who uses a lot of fancy words is just really good at human naming things. It is the mark of a charlatan to teach simple things in complicated ways. It is the mark of a wise to teach complicated things in simple words.
The photo was taken at Jo’s Cafe along South Congress in Austin, Texas. If you are there, go to the back of the cafe to find the owner’s favourite quote: “Don’t break your tenderness”.