What is the Root of Evil?

When you condemn money as the root of evil

do you realize you are condemning your own power

The power to sustain

or to destroy

Why then is money the first thing we blame

if it is so dangerous

Is it because we do not want to admit the truth

That it is not evil at all

only misdirected

That money may be the only force

capable of confronting evil

Every dollar is a vote

Every vote shapes the fate of a company

A company that employs thousands

or collapses into nothing

All because the votes stop coming

And suddenly we remember

the power we were taught to fear

The quiet power sitting in accounts

on sidewalks

in piggy banks

Ask yourself where you cast your vote each day

Because every day

you are electing the world you live in