Money & Happiness: Twins of Life?

Money and happiness are seen as the twins of life’s comfort and harmony and can play a distinctive role in enhancing a man’s life, melting away any harsh realities in their presence.

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We can even say that money begets happiness, and in the loving embrace of money, happiness grows stronger and stronger, as a gift of God’s love for mankind.

But is it a solid rule that money bears a very strong and unbreakable link with happiness?

No, I don’t think so. It is true that there should be no obstacles to attaining happiness in the world of the rich – so long as money is available to generate vigor in physical activities.

Money is wisdom in the sense that it helps one lead a desired life of comfort, while poverty is ignorance in the sense that it troubles the mind and weakens the brain so that one finds himself in a total misfit in the game of life.

Money, as they say, is life itself.

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If you have money, you have the whole world in the palm of your hand. You will be popular within your society.

Everybody will want to be close to you – afterall wealth is the friend of the world.

You will have access to everything you need; a beautiful wife as your partner; a luxurious home to shelter you; eye-catching cars to help your leg with, and so on.

But actually, as life is not a bed of roses, money cannot be a super- active object in every aspect of life.

After all, it’s an invention of mankind. So if man is limited in capacity, so much more must be his inventions. That’s why we see that the well-off also walk in tight shoes.

Restlessness is the epidemic infecting the wealthy. Too many commitments prevent them from leading a normal life.

Because of their unavoidable social connections, they hardly find time for their family obligations. The young ones, who need special care and attention, are the ones who suffer the most.

No wonder we are witnessing that most of their children tend to become delinquents as a result of an excess of freedom and lack of parental control.

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This serves well enough to illustrate the distress and unhappiness in the lives of the wealthy.

So we can see clearly that having money is one thing while leading a happy life is something else.

To lead a happy life, one must be content. A person doesn’t have to be a millionaire in order to be happy, yet one relishes the taste of happiness when he is satisfied with whatever he gets.

With little shared with satisfaction, a man can manage his life well.

With few social connections, a man can find time for his family, where he really belongs.