Reflections On Money And The Needs It Meets: I Bought A Lamborghini

Leo Widrich

Last week I turned 30 and as a present, I bought myself this Lamborghini. I posted a picture about it on my social channels this last week and the hundreds and hundreds of reactions to it got me thinking. There were more reactions to this picture than anything I’d ever posted before. They went into all different kinds of emotional directions, 95% sharing in with my excitement and celebrations, including many comments about my shoes. And some reactions that I interpreted as more irritated, hurt, or envious.

The exposure of wealth seems to often trigger something to a lot of us, no matter our personal circumstances. It brings out vulnerable, forgotten, dreamy, and sometimes irritated and hurt fragments in us that are touched and want to come out.

I began pondering about my own relationship to money like I have done so a few times before in articles. The more time I spent pondering and researching my own inner questions that I have about money, the less scary the topic has become.

How an over-emphasis on money stopped me from paying attention to other needs in the past

I started wondering about a list that helps me see which human needs money is good for in meeting or can contribute to meeting very significantly:

Shelter   Food   Fun   Contribution/Support   Security (some)

I was surprised that the list was actually this short. Then I wondered about human needs that although money can play a role in, are often further removed from that:

Authenticity   Belonging   Integrity   Creativity   Self-Expression   Hope   Understanding   To Matter   Warmth   Trust    To Know And to Be Known Acceptance   Affection    Empathy    Love    Intimacy   Awareness 

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