Funny how having one seldom means having the other. People with money aren't often known to have love lives, while those who do aren't known to be filthy rich. It's like the universe wrote a rule that people who are financially well-off cannot love or be loved, while those who are revered as saints of compassion aren't allowed to have a lot of money.
I suppose this has most to do with the virtue of charity; that people who give are generally loved more than those who don't. The selfish are more likely to hoard their profits, causing them to be less loved. Or, perhaps to be fairer, maybe it’s because they don't have as much time to love; maybe they are so busy earning their money that the opportunities to love pass them by. Those who invest more time in relationships tend to have stronger ones. Alas, and how money is often squandered on making a loved one happy! For them, perhaps love is the greatest thing to spend it on. If you value love more than cash, you will spend the cash on things that will help you attain it.
Money and love are like two games with different rules. You can't play them both. And if you can, if you are one of the golden philanthropists of our weary time, you must be a genius at life. Those who have neither are truly to be pitied, for it seems nothing in life would be worth living for, unless their motivation was a less common one. Their motivations could lie elsewhere, such as in an art career, which tends to have poor earnings, or in globetrotting without any attachments. To my mind, a true wanderer wouldn't be bound by either money or love. Perhaps they are the happiest among us for it.
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