Money Is an Idea The idea is only as real As the value we give to the paper Poverty and wealth Are results of this idea Poverty and wealth are ideas in themselves But these ideas, like money, are only as real As the value we give to them In everyday life, many of us subscribe to these ideas And give value to them Value to money, value to wealth, value to poverty We give value to money By honoring it By abiding by it By bending to it We give value to wealth By celebrating it By upholding it By defending it We give value to poverty By affirming it By ignoring it By accepting it Money, Wealth, Poverty Are all ideas that we live with Many people I have talked to and many books that I have read Have better ideas Ideas that do not involve Corruption, collusion, death, misery, squalor, neglect, indifference Ideas that encourage Living, breathing, eating, enjoying, participating, laughing, caring These ideas live inside us It is time they dominate outside us as well