CAN MONEY BUY HAPPINESS?

“I want to be happy”, “If I win the lottery…”

I have been thinking about two of the most repetitive quotes in our life.

When you ask somebody, if he wants to be happy, they have no doubt in shout a convincing “YES, I WANT.” And the second thing you ask them is: Will you be happier than now if you get more money? So in the face of this question, they seem to be sure of their answer, which is NO.

In my opinion, all of us have been educated in taking consideration of others, so when somebody asks you if you will be happier with more money, we think about how lots of people have less than us and in spite of complaining about their life they just go on with their days. So, why do we have to want more if the others don’t have the same things as us? We are struggling for equality, aren’t we?

Yes, I agree with that, but I do not agree with the first point that I made. I mean, if you refuse to get more money to be happier than now, do you think that you are helping to the others that don’t have money? Absolutely no. It is true that many people can say that if they refuse to win more money this money will be employed to help needed people, but this is not how our political system works.

In my point of view, money can help us to be happier because to cover needs is to have less needs, and it means less things to worry about and finally more time to enjoy.