Dear Aida,

Money is one of the great confusions of modern life.
People chase it, fear it, worship it, resent it, misunderstand it —
and often build their entire existence around it
without ever asking the simplest question:

What is money, really?

Most people think of money as wealth.
But money is not wealth.
It is a tool —
a tool for storing the energy of your labor,
a tool for exchanging value between people,
a tool for transforming today’s effort into tomorrow’s stability.

Money is not meaning.
Money is not identity.
Money is not moral or immoral.
Money is simply a mechanism —
but misunderstanding it can cost you your freedom.