Chapter 6: The Eighth Tuesday

Money. The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil, to quote Mr. Blake -- my English teacher my Sophomore year.

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The reason I chose The Sixth Tuesday was because everyone seems to have an emotion about money: they love it, they hate it, they survive on it, or they spend it. There's no impassive way to approach money. We not have emotions towards it. There are those who live from check to check and those who live from decade to decade. I am one of those who lives month to month. My family takes fixing, building, and working one day at a time.

The thing contemplated from this chapter is you can't take money with you. I'm not saying you should spend it willy-nilly, but don't save it all up waiting to do something that's not going to happen. Don't be nimble, but don't be a big spender -- it's not healthy.

Albom learned that his job and his money, no matter what he does, can't fill his life. He thinks that if he becomes bigger and if he makes himself more impressive to his clients, then his life will have to mean. Take it from the girl who hasn't grown up being famous or with money -- it doesn't. No matter what you buy or who you are, money can't buy happiness and it definitely can't buy you, true friends.

It doesn't matter how much money you own or how many followers you have on Twitter, or how many Snapchat things you posted in the last hour. It just doesn't compare to spending quality time with your friends and making memories. More isn't best, it's incomparable to friends and family. Ecclesiastes 711-12 says, "Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing and benefits those who see the sun. Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: that wisdom preserves the life of its possessor." Wisdom is worth more than money.