Maybe Money Will Buy Happiness.
April 18, 2008 11:42 pm Mental Health
The old saying goes that money can’t buy happiness.
Some don’t seem to agree. Some recent work from the Brookings Institute and from Harvard seem to question this old addage. An article in the NY Times recently discussed this issue and gives links to research that is beginning to question this old addage. There is also some recent research telling us that giving your money away makes you happy
What give your money away! Well…. wait a minute, giving really does feel good, and that feel good sensation could be like happiness. Some people think it’s wrong to give in order to feel good. I say, Baloney, its fine to feel good from giving. Boasting is tasteless, (but you can subtlely let people know. That warm glow inside is certainly allowed!
Money also can buy freedom to do the things you want, such as:
- Work when you want
- Play when you want
- Travel
- Give It Away
On its own however its just paper. Spent well and wisely it can buy things that may make you happy, but there is no guarentee. It may buy you healthcare but not health, nor true love, nor loyal family, nor true friends.
Here are some quotes about giving that I would like to share.
- ” …who dies rich dies disgraced. Carnegie, Andrew
- You can have everything in life that you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want. Zig Ziglar
- If you think of life as like a big pie, you can try to hold the whole pie and kill yourself trying to keep it, or you can slice it up and give some to the people around you, and you still have plenty left for yourself. Jay Leno
And my favorite:
- We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. Sir Winston Churchill
