Are you happy now?

Money itself isn't happiness, neither is the ownership of material possessions. It's the usage of your material possessions that has the potential to bring short term happiness, IMO. Long term happiness is very hard to achieve since there is always something in a person's life trying to push them down. Anyone that I've ever known that has claimed to be completely happy was faking the funk.

Thusly, I would say I'm on the road to being content with my life, but true happiness may never come. Then again, if you let life push you down, that's your fault so my opinions contradict and thusly make me a hypocrite.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by AliceNWondrland

People who say that money can't buy happiness are ridiculously idealistic. Of course, anyone who defines happiness by their material possessions has a warped sense of what happiness is, but to think that money can't smooth the way for you is naive.

Just think of all the things that really make you happy. In my case, it's spending time with my family, relaxing in the mountains with a good book, sitting by an open window smelling the rain, etc. What money does is it buys you TIME to do these things. How much time can you realistically spend relaxing in a hammock by the creek when you're working your fingers to the bone to pay your bills? How are you going to get to the mountains? Where will you stay when you get there with no money?

Money can't buy happiness, but it sure can help.

Oh, and I'm relatively happy. I'd be happier if I had more money, though.

Exactly! I was completely idealistic for a few years, having the motto of "I'd rather be poor and happy than rich and miserable." it was a fairly good philosophy, but being poor makes it much more difficult to be happy. I would never want to be rich and miserable though. Ever.

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