- Cold Hard Cash - This is a common term we all use for money. “Cold.” Why is the money cold? Because, in reality, it brings no warmth. Warmth is related to comfort, kindness, joy. Cash does not bring that. In fact this saying is probably why we have the other saying “You cant buy happiness.” Money can’t provide the warmth itself, it’s what you do with that money that really counts. You can give it to the poor, buy some hot chocolate for you and a friend, or waste it on strippers. None of that makes it any warmer itself, it is only a means of gaining more necessary and unnecessary items. Just because you have money doesn’t mean you are a comfortable, joyous, or kind person. Next word, hard. Why hard? Because it’s firm. It’s real. Wouldn’t we all like to believe that? We call it hard because we like the idea that we can hold it, feel it, and by doing so have undeniable proof that this slip of paper is worth something. Cash is the final word, which tells you more about the class of people who use it. Do you know many millionaires who call their money cash? Most often we hear it in movies about drug deals and blackmail. “100,000. Cash. Tomorrow. In a manilla envelope. Got that son?” Not, “My new Lamborghini was a lot of cash.” That is the most insight I can offer you into the mechanics of this saying. Use your words wisely.
- Sincerely
Captain Obvious
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