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What Money Can't Buy

Value time, not just wealth

By Rohitha LankaPublished 9 months ago 1 min read

"Money" can speed up time

But money can't buy the time that has passed

"Money" can buy the best medicine

But money can't buy the strongest health

"Money" can buy beautiful love

But money can't buy true love

"Money" can buy friends to eat

But money can't buy friends to die

"Money" can buy external happiness

But money can't buy internal happiness

"Money" may delay death

But money can't buy death

"Money" is important, without money you will starve

But money is not the most important thing in life

Use money to buy things that time can't give

And spend time on things that money can't buy

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Rohitha Lanka

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  • Sera9 months ago

    Money can't buy true love...

  • C. Rommial Butler9 months ago

    Well-Wrought! Time is not, as they say, money. However, I hope you meant that money can buy friends to eat with... buying friends to eat is a totally different thing!

  • Lolly Vieira9 months ago

    I love the intention behind this! Wealth is so much more than how much money someone has because many other things have so much more value.

  • Nikita Angel9 months ago

    Well written

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