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Monetary Motivation Disillusions Future Expectations?

Money makes the world go round. Having a handful of it makes you and I smile. Buying what we want, when we want is pure bliss. But is money all that appropriate to be used as a motivation factor? We can certainly reward someone in monetary means for a job well done. But should we give someone money as motivation to do a good job?

This is like giving a kid $5 and asking the kid to color properly. How does one measure a good job? Shouldn't the satisfaction of doing a good job be enough motivation to try our best in performing our tasks? Perhaps it should but yet, this is not the reality that we know of.

Giving someone money before a task is performed automatically causes the person to expect a similar arrangement the next time. And when this is not met, will the quality of the task suffer as a result?

Money, they say, is the root of all evils. Man, as have been proven time and again, are always greedy. You give them the world, they will ask for the stars next. I believe one does not have to be pushed to do a good job. Certainly not by any monetary means. Would more money spur you to do a better job?

Note: Not a very strong post. Disjointed thoughts, to say the least.

Death, Redefined

When is one considered dead, really. Sometimes, I think death is subjected to too objective a definition, clinically. If your organs work, you're still alive. If your organs can work only with assistance from machines, are you still alive?

Sometimes, the doctors make the judgement. Sometimes, the relatives make the judgement. But in making the judgement, the question still remains. How do we define death if one is hooked to a life support machine? When do we pull the plug? With doctors, it is based on a medical judgement. With relatives, it is based on an emotional judgement; which in turn governs doctors' actions.

Some doctors may even keep the plug in in the hopes that one day the much needed cure will materialize. Of course, the hope is that the cure appears sometime soon. Hope is a powerful thing indeed, especially in the face of desperation.

Relatives also may have the same reasoning, though for a different goal. The requirement here is for the patient to wake up again and return to their side. And keeping the plug in will offer a hope for that to happen, however slim. Whether the hope is well placed or not is not the issue.

Putting in another perspective to this, what about God's view? When is one considered to be dead in His books? Can we make that decision for Him? Are we allowed to? Should we? Some may argue that in prolonging someone else's life in the hopes that a cure can be found in the future is considered as a good and noble gesture. And doing a good and noble deed cannot be frowned upon by God, can it? But on the other hand, is it considered wrong if one changes nature and the way things that are meant to be?

So, when do you think our soul leaves our body?