Money Can Not Buy You Happiness

I am sure there will be many people who read this article and will think I am rather mad. Quite frankly I do not care. In this article I write about what in my humble opinion are the most importants things in life, health and happiness.

All that most of my friends talk about is money:

What car do you drive?

How much is your house worth?

How much do you earn?

How much did your suit cost?

Where are you going on holiday this year?

I find all of this very boring and think that they are rather sad. They seem to be in some sort of competition and they are basically obsessed about money.

I will give you an example of one such friend, his name is John. He never seems to talk about anything else and is always looking into get rich quick schemes. He is also in a lottery syndicate, of which there are about fifty members. Each member pays around ten pounds in per week. John likes to go out socialising on a Saturday night, however soon gets itchy feet at the time of the lottery draw. A few minutes later he will go to the toilet where he will then phone his girlfriend. He takes with him to the toilet a piece of paper with his numbers on and a little pen. After his girlfriend has told him which numbers were drawn, John will then then spend around twenty minutes checking his numbers, and then re-checking to see if he has any winning lines.

Eventually he returns to the group who seem very keen (apart from me) to find out how much he has won/lost. To date he has only won small amounts, however is convinced that one day he will become a millionaire. He will then start talking about the lottery, asking other people what they would buy if they were lucky enough to ever win. At this point I become very bored and start to wish I had stayed at home and watched the football.

For me the two most important things in life are health and happiness. These are two things which money can not buy. A few years ago, my dad was taken ill. He was in a real bad way and had to spend around five months in hospital. Him being ill was a huge shock to me as he was only fifty-seven. I feared the worst, even though I was trying my hardest to think and stay positive. I remember thinking, if I gave those doctors everything I own in the world, it still would not help him. I felt powerless and at that moment realised that money is only paper.

Happiness is the same, I remember at the age of twenty-one having lots of money and had been surprised that I was depressed at the same time. At other times I have had next to no money and have been extremely happy.

Money Can Not Buy You Happiness

I'm sure there will be many people who read this article and will think I'm crazy. Frankly, I do not care. In this article I write about this in my humble opinion are the most important things in life, health and happiness.

All that most of my friends talk about is money:

What car do you drive?

How much is your house?

How Much?

How your outfit cost?

Where are you going on holiday this year?

I find this very annoying and I think are pretty sad. They seem to be in a kind of competition and are basically obsessed with money.

I'll give you an example of such a friend, his name is John. It never seems to talk about something else and is always looking to get rich quick. It is also in a lottery syndicate, of which there are about fifty members. Each member pays ten pounds in a week. John likes to go out socializing on a Saturday night, but the itchy feet from the time of the draw. A few minutes later, they go to the bathroom where he later called his girlfriend. He carries with him in the bathroom a piece of paper with numbers and some pen. After your girlfriend told him that the figures have been extracted, John then spend twenty minutes to check their numbers, and then re-check to see if you have a winning lines.

Finally back to the group seem very interested (but me) to know how gained / lost. To date, he has only won small amounts, however, is convinced that one day will become a millionaire. He began to talk about the lottery, ask others what they buy them if they were lucky enough to never win. At this point, I become very boring and I begin to wish I stay at home and watched football.

For me, the two most important things in life are health and happiness. There are two things that money can not buy. A few years ago, my father fell ill. He was in a real bad way and had to spend about five months in the hospital. He is sick was a big shock for me because I was only fifty-seven. I feared the worst, even if I tried my best to think and stay positive. I remember thinking that if the doctors gave me everything I have in the world, it would not help. I felt helpless and at that time the money is realized as paper.

Happiness is the same, I remember that at the age of twenty who have lots of money and was surprised that I was depressed at the same time. On other occasions, I had almost no money and I was very happy.