Freedom consists in knowing that freedom is in peril.  …to know or to be conscious is to have time to avoid and forestall the instant of inhumanity.

--- Emmanuel Levinas 

Financial Dialogue:  What money is and what it is not

Money is dynamic:  The money we have, or lack, creates in us sensations of security, promise, envy, fear, pride, guilt and accomplishment.  

Money is interpersonal:  On the opposite side of any transaction, we find another person, the power structures of our society, and forces of fate and providence.

Money is full of meaning:  Every dollar we earn, spend, donate, borrow, invest, wager or bequeath attempts to accomplish something in the world. 

If you find these statements intriguing, I welcome the opportunity to examine frankly and seriously your money: how you hold it and how it comes and goes in your life.