"Money can't buy happiness...that phrase should end with 'just kidding.'" - Daniel Tosh
This is a fun topic. There are a lot of people who say money CAN buy happiness while many others who say it can't. What do you think??
I believe it can. Why not? Does eating make you happy? Money can buy food. Does attending a sports game make you happy? Money can buy that.
How about marriage? Would marriage make a woman happy? A nice ring? All of that requires money. Even if you wanted to just get married in a park with no decorations or fancy dinners or anything, a marriage license still requires money.
I think a lot of people feel happiness is that deep, dark, penetrating feeling that can only be reached intangibly. I don't think that's true. I think there are different levels of happiness. For example, I'd take my wedding day over a bag of chips even though both make me feel happy. The happiness of marriage runs deeper in me. For some people, it may not. They may choose the chips!
There is one little caveat. Some people PUT their happiness into money. So when the money runs out, the happiness does, too. This isn't healthy, and it's not only done with money. Some people put happiness into food. When the food runs out, they're no longer happy. Same with clothes, or music, or movies. That's different. Money is now renting them happiness, not giving it to them. When people buy things that they love that they're not controlled by (the problem with addictions), it can buy them happiness. Vacations, birthday surprises, Christmas presents, cars, homes...all of these things make people happy and all of these things cost money.
So the next time you're walking down the street and think that money can't buy happiness, imagine what you'd do if you had $100,000. Think you wouldn't be a little happier?
2 comments:
Eh I won't be greedy- I'd be happy with $10,000.00 LOL Pay off Hubbys car and the credit card. Haha
Hmm, I'm not sure. We've talked about this before, and though I do think money can relieve a lot of stress and provide pleasure, I kind of think true happiness is more than that. Maybe money can facilitate happiness? But I think the point of that saying is that we can choose to be happy regardless of what we can buy--and therefore money is not the determining factor. I like what you said about money renting you happiness.
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