The increasing pressures of today’s money-driven world can often cause people to gravitate toward material items. But personal joy can never be achieved through such things as work, success and wealth. Although these things may be nice ‘extras’, it is argued that healthy relationships with family, friends, and colleagues are the true secrets to personal happiness. This will be shown by analysing the often lonely lives of many wealthy celebrities as well as the advice of older people who speak from experience.
Firstly, the lives of wealthy celebrities often illustrate that money cannot buy pleasance. For example, despite being fabulously wealthy, Robbie Williams and Kirsten Dunst suffered from clinical depression they attributed to loneliness. As their experiences show, the link between money and true joy appears to not be as strong as the link between loneliness and unhappiness. Thus, relationships between people are more important than money.
The advice from many older people regularly reiterates this. For example, all four of my grandparents claim family and friends to be the things that brought them the greatest happiness in their lives. As these sorts of sentiments are common among the elderly of all countries and cultures, it is clear that as people age things of true importance are clarified. Thus, human relationships are much more likely to be precursors to personal happiness than money or careers.
As seen above, wealth cannot buy true happiness and this is a realization that all too often comes with old age. It is true, family, friends and colleagues and the relationships formed with them are the genuine catalysts to lasting happiness. Thus, the old adage holds true: the more love a person gives, the more they get.
The increasing pressures of
today
’s money-driven world can
often
cause
people
to gravitate toward material items.
But
personal joy can never
be achieved
through such things as work, success and wealth. Although these things may be nice ‘extras’, it
is argued
that healthy
relationships
with family, friends, and colleagues are the
true
secrets to personal
happiness
. This will
be shown
by
analysing
the
often
lonely
lives
of
many
wealthy celebrities
as well
as the advice of older
people
who speak from experience.
Firstly
, the
lives
of wealthy celebrities
often
illustrate that money cannot
buy
pleasance
.
For example
, despite being
fabulously
wealthy, Robbie Williams and Kirsten
Dunst
suffered from clinical depression they attributed to loneliness. As their experiences
show
, the link between money and
true
joy appears to not be as strong as the link between loneliness and unhappiness.
Thus
,
relationships
between
people
are more
important
than money.
The advice from
many
older
people
regularly
reiterates this.
For example
, all four of my grandparents claim family and friends to be the things that brought them the greatest
happiness
in their
lives
. As these sorts of sentiments are common among the elderly of all countries and cultures, it is
clear
that as
people
age things of
true
importance
are clarified
.
Thus
, human
relationships
are much more likely to be precursors to personal
happiness
than money or careers.
As
seen
above, wealth cannot
buy
true
happiness
and this is a realization that all too
often
comes
with
old
age. It is
true
, family, friends and colleagues and the
relationships
formed with them are the genuine catalysts to lasting
happiness
.
Thus
, the
old
adage holds
true
: the more
love
a person gives, the more they
get
.