It's not your dhobi's fault

Money came into existence much after societies. Societies had learned to survive, by grouping themselves together irrespective of money. The first form of grouping was done naturally on the basis of one's genes or family, which advanced later to the neighborhood and thereafter a bunch of neighborhoods. When it started getting large, the neighborhoods could not be separated and individuals formed groups broadly on the basis of their appearance. This was around the time, tribes started getting formed. A few thousand years here and there and you had kingdoms with boundaries of people who'd grouped themselves together to further their survival. The larger kingdoms with more people or those with physically stronger people had a greater chance to survive. And then came money.

What changed? Well, much more than quite a few things, really. In the larger sense, the ones with more money started becoming more powerful than the larger or the physically stronger ones. 

As to where did money come from and why do you always lesser than what you want (unless you train yourself not to want it) can be understood here.

What it has created is a sense of inequality and a little more sense of disgruntlement in the world than what would have existed otherwise.

Bane of money that pinches me personally is the despair I see around in a constant demand for more and in the grievous state of the really poor. How a man, with no fault of his except being born in a poor family, have a life more meaningless than the one born in a family that has more money? It just sounds bluntly unfair! Is this what they call luck?

Anyhow, what we need to stop doing as a result of this societal situation which unfortunately none of us can get out of, is be more generous. No matter who we are and where we stand in society and irrespective of whether we believe we have enough money or not, we need to be more benevolent towards those who have much lesser. 

More benevolent would also mean having less of an ego that's backed by your money. For example, what would a typical man driving out of his apartment complex at 2 am in the midnight do after honking continuously wake up the security guard who slipped into deep sleep (and consequently not doing his duty)? Yell? Yes. Throw weight? Yes. Threaten? Yes. Abuse? Maybe. And so on. When I say be more benevolent, I don't mean that in such a situation the man says, "Sir, I'm sorry to wake you up at this hour though it is your duty to be up, but I really had an emergency and need to go out at this hour." You could probably drop a 'Thank You' when he's sheepishly escaping your eyes because he think you'll burst into a fit of anger anytime soon. It'll relieve him. Make him less miserable, than what he already feels because of lack of that thing we were discussing - Money. 

Money created poverty because poverty in its simplest sense, is lack of money. No money. No poverty. Over-simplified? Yes but true. 

Don't indulge in acts like bargaining with a vegetable vendor unless what he's asking for pinches your pocket. Avoid bargaining with the subzi walahs, the rickshaw pullers, cobblers, carpenters, electricians, dhobis, maids, and the likes unless their petty monetary demands disturb your monthly expenditure planning. They need that money more than you do. The few rupees they're overcharging you are of immense value to them, much much more than to you. Give it. Because either you're lucky to be born in a rich family or you slogged your ass off to garner more money than others. Either ways, give it! It'll make us a happier society.