Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Does money buy happiness?
If someone were to ask if money buys happiness everyone's response would be, "Hell yes!" If I won the lottery, I wouldn't give the money back but consider this--money can't buy health, it can't buy love (they'll pretend to love you but do they really) and it can't buy peace of mind. Remember, the contractor in Arkansas (or somewhere like that) that won the lottery twice? His granddaughter became a drug addict and died from an overdose. If he could give all the money back to get his granddaughter back, he would but it's not possible. Look at the "rich" kids, actors, actresses and famous people who are incurable drug addicts. If money really bought happiness they wouldn't need the drugs. Let's face it, good health is truely priceless. Have you seen the story about the Copper heiress? She died alone in seclusion. She had everything money could buy but it didn't buy love or peace of mind. I thought of this today, listening to the writer for People talking about her Elin Wood article. Of course, the rumours are swirling concerning the divorce settlement, Elin would not discuss this with the reporter but it's rumoured to be $100 million. Elin's only response to the settlement, something to the effect of money doesn't buy happiness, it will not put our family back together and ultimately, it won't remove the pain and embarrassment she went through. She is a very classy lady, who appears to be doing what is right for her children and living close to their Father so both of them can be in their lives. There's a concept--doing what's best for the children! So many stories in this one very public drama. I know it's hard to be without money and there are many things that money can fix and many things that money can make easier but seriously, it can't buy happiness.
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Money can't buy true happiness, but it will get you more than poverty. Lets face it. There are some things that money can't buy, but there are a lot of things that it can. I don't care what the ex Mrs. Woods says. She is a hell of a lot happier with the $100 Million, than she would be with out it. It drives me nuts when people with a crazy amount of money basically throw it in your face by saying it won't buy happiness. There are plenty of people who were in love, but driven apart by the stresses of not having enough money to pay for basic expenses.
ReplyDeleteIf you can't find happiness with $100 million, you aren't likely to find happiness at all. That kind of money will give her the time and means to spend more time with her family. There are 7 million Americans who have had to get second jobs to keep up in the current economy. Families are having less time to spend together because they are trying to make ends meet.
Money, itself, may not buy happiness, but it sure can help happiness reach it's full potential.
That's funny that you're talking about this right now. I spoke with my Algebra 2 teacher today, and I asked him the same question. He told me that it teaches problem solving and it helped me when I was in Geometry with graphing. I do see some merit in studying Algebra.
ReplyDeleteWow Honey, when are you starting your blog. :)
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