The entire value of anything is based on people's perception of another's perception of what they (or we) are told. Value is based on how one needs certain things. Yet money is paper! It doesn't have to be the source. Its in our heads.

I want to focus on the US dollar right now. We have people in the US that tell us the dollar is worth a certain amount. But in other countries, they look at the dollar as being worth less (maybe more). Here in the US, someone can put a value on it and if people agree, they pay it. If they disagree, then less money is used to get it. "They" is the majority.

The question is who is really in control of the value? Is it the government or is it us. What happened when Enron, a multibillion dollar company, made a huge error. In just one day, they were worth nothing. Same with Arthur Anderson.

Most recently, Twinkie. The dollar is a very interesting concept, because one day, it may not even be worth anything but a piece of paper to use as fire or in the bathroom.

My point is, we are in a world where we have been given the ability to create value out of anything. For some reason, we decided to use paper. We have changed the paper and the design many times, but what is it really doing? As we print more, are we really losing the value of a perceived piece of paper? When we work or if we are a business owner, we use dollars to make people do things.

This concept is so crazy to think about because in any given moment, the dollar can be worth nothing. All of a sudden, a rock or a gallon of milk or sugar or whatever can turn into what we use a monetary system. It is all based on our perception at the time, yet it controls us.

Money makes us do things because we use it for anything. There are many people who have ton of it and many who have none of it. Those that have millions of it may never even get to use it or waste it. It just disappears one day. How have we allowed ourselves to place this much value on something? Do you realize what it is doing to us? We are slaves to our own perception!

But guess what - this should give anyone that doesn't have any of it hope. Because with perception and work, you can make a lot of it being that it is all in our minds anyway. In our minds, we are the ones that create the value. We are the ones that can control what it is valued and what we want to use it for.

But one day, the paper will be worth nothing. The neighbor that has no money may have a well on their property and everyone needs water. Then they become the richest person around the block. Or maybe the farmer who has tons of chickens and cows becomes the richest person because they can use that to buy their clothes or homes or gas or whatever.

Everything in this world is manipulated by our thoughts. Don't let it control you. You control it. Sorry for the rant. I may have more thoughts later.