Well Michelle, you're kind of right - lots of religions like hinduism and buddhism try to indicate that materialistic desires are a road that leads away from salvation and enlightenment. Which is kind of true in some cases where people turn thier lives about becoming rich - and thier entire lives become repititive cycles in the rat race to become "rich". But they are more focussed about "living rich" than "staying rich".
What steve says is right - money should become a tool. that's what it was invented for, as a tool to overcome bartering and pay for services.
When you degrade money to "a tool", then you can see how your self worth is not linked to the amount of tools you have. Instead you should look at tools as a way of acheiveing more of what you really want.
But remember - tools are only as good as the artist who's using them. Tools worth a million dollars in the hands of someone who doesn't know how to use them well, are nowhere near as good as the crudest of tools in the hands of a master.
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