Thereisnodenyingthefactthatitisacontroversialtopicwhetheroneshouldexpectarewardwhendoingagooddeed.People'sopinionsdiffersharplyonthisissue.Someholdthepositiveview.Theysaythatitisanaturalthingforonetogetrewardedafterhehasmadecontributionstothesociety,especiallyinanageofmarketeconomy.Otherwise,peoplewouldbediscouragedfromhelpingothers.
Others,however,holdtheoppositeview.TheymaintainthatoneshouldlearnfromLeiFengandexpectnorewardwhenhelpingothers.Anyway,everythingisnotacommodity.Thewholesocietywouldbeindangerifweallcalculatedconscienceandaffectionintermsofmoney.Anyway,asthesayinggoes,itislove,insteadofmoney,thatturnstheworldaround.
Personally,Ibelievethatweshouldnotgotoextremes.Ontheonehand,weshouldrecognizeandrewardintimepeoplewhohavedoneagooddeedorgooddeeds;ontheotherhand,weshouldkeepitinmindthatwedonothelpothersformoney,butoutofloveandresponsibility.Onlyinthiswaycanweachieveareallyharmonioussociety.
Canmoneybuyhappiness?Variouspeoplehavevariousanswers.Somepeoplethinkthatmoneyisthesourceofhappiness.Withmoney,onecanbuywhateverheenjoys.Withmoney,onecandowhateverhelikes.So,intheirminds,moneycanbringcomfort,security,andsoon.Money,astheythink,isthesourceofhappiness.
Buttherearestillalotofotherswhothinkthatmoneyistherootofallevil.Moneydrivespeopletosteal,torob,andtobreakthelaw.Alotofpeoplebecamecriminalsjustbecausetheywereinsearchofmoney.AndintheWesterncountries,thereisnothingthatcan’tbeboughtbymoney.Manypeoplelosetheirownliveswhenhuntingit.
Ithinkthatmoneyisessentialtolifeandwecannotdowithoutmoney.Buteventhoughmoneyisnecessarytolife,itcan’tbuyhappiness.Happinessisnotsomethingthatcanbemeasuredbymoney.Itisastateofmind.Onecanhaveplentyofmoney,withwhichhecanbuywhateverhewants,andatthesametimeheisnothappybecauseheisneversatisfiedorheistroubledbyvariouskindsofproblems.Therefore,althoughmoneyisnecessaryforahappylife,itcan’tbuyhappiness.