Can Money Really Buy You Happiness?

Everybody's heard the age-old grandmotherly advice "money can't buy you happiness"

. Most of us accept it with a numb nod and carry on with our day. That kind of advice is heard so often it becomes nothing more than background noise, like putting your ear to a sea shell or the inane droning of a whiny child.

In some cases, money can bring you nothing but trouble. Take some lottery winners, for example. Your identity and winnings is announced to the world and quickly you find you have more friends than you ever had before. And why do all these friends (and family you haven't seen for years) come out of the wood work? In a simple word, greed. The lottery winner is overwhelmed and life becomes hell of people begging for a piece of your pie like a dog begging for scraps at the dinner table.

So too are those lottery winners who have no concept of money whatsoever. These people buy mansions, Ferrari's and every toy they can get their hands on and are broke and jobless only a few years later.

But what about those with restraint? Those who are smart, not hasty or impulsive, who are good planners?

It is no secret that a huge point of contention in relationships. Why is the electricity bill so high? Where are we going to get money to pay for the braces little Billy needs? All too often the money ends before the month does and leaves us with a hopeless, gnawing feeling in our guts.

So that begs the question - does money really buy happiness? A quick answer is no. Money by itself cannot bring happiness. In some cases it can bring despair and unease. A better statement would be "Money CAN buy happiness". Imagine having a large sum of money and being smart about it. Living an elevated lifestyle within your means. Never having to worry about not being able to pay a bill again, being able to have fun, travel, and do the things you wanted to do without being tied to an inane job for the rest of your life.

So yes, money can buy you happiness, or at least it can help with that goal, if you do it right.

And that's why I'm Dreaming of a Dollar. I want to do it right.

Can Money Really Buy You Happiness?

By: Mike Mandell

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