Time or Money?

I asked a colleague of mine during this week if she would prefer time or money.  Her answer was … money.

Which one of the two options would you prefer?  With money you will be able to do anything you want.  You will have lots of family and friends loving you.  You will be able to buy the best of everything, never to worry about the next day or even a “rainy” day.  You will be able to travel around the world, do anything you like, ultimately living the good life.   

One day you might wake-up finding yourself at the end of your life.  You wanted to do so much more.  You will never know who loved you for the person you where or who loved you for the money you had.  You would have traveled the world, but could not spend the experience with the people you really wanted to.  You might find that while you were spending, or actually wasting, money on all unnecessary things, there where people around the world that were dying of hunger, thirst or war.  Looking back you will realize that if only you could have some more time.

If you choose time, you might not have money, but you will have everything else which matters in life.  You will be surrounded by people who love you unconditionally for who you are.  You will have time to work on a better life for yourself.  You will have time to look after yourself.  You will have time to do all the things on your “bucket list”.  You will have time to be yourself and love yourself.  You will have time to correct your mistakes. 

Yes, money would be great to have, but would I want it for the right reasons.  If I could choose, I would definitely choose time.  It will be a “nice-to-have” item, when money runs out.