Money is considered an essential factor for people to feel happy about their life. But we don’t really need too much money to actually make us happy, because obviously there are other issues such as self-satisfaction and love from family or friends can also contribute to the happiness of an individual.
It is defiantly true that we can’t live without a reasonable level of basic materials which are purchased by money. Just imagine the daily life of a person who needs to pay for everything, with no money he or she cannot even survive in modern society not to mention being happy. I think nobody would ask refugees in Syria whether they are happy or not because it is already difficult for them to survive, happiness is certainly luxury.
But after people having met the basic survival needs, are they automatically happy? I am afraid not. Happiness was and has always been luxury for most people, it is not because the amount of money, but because the recipe of happiness is more than simply a lot of money. In fact, there are plenty of filthy rich people feel unhappy. And meanwhile thousands of ordinary people are enjoying their simple but priceless happy lives.
In my view, as long as our basic needs being met, more money would not necessarily make us happier. Indeed, factors like self- satisfaction and being loved probably have greater marginal effect. For instance, workaholic who filled their life with work would feel happier when they finished an excellent project as they got huge self-satisfaction from it. A child who experienced parents divorcing at an early age might set finding someone to set a complete family as his life goal when he grows up, because being loved is the vital thing to his happiness.
To summarize, I think people need a certain amount of money to survive before they can feel happy, but self-satisfaction and being loved are also closely linked to individual’s happiness.
Money
is considered
an essential factor for
people
to
feel
happy
about their
life
.
But
we don’t
really
need
too much
money
to actually
make
us
happy
,
because
obviously
there are other issues such as self-satisfaction and
love
from family or friends can
also
contribute to the
happiness
of an individual.
It is
defiantly
true that we can’t
live
without a reasonable level of basic materials which are
purchased
by
money
.
Just
imagine the daily
life
of a person who
needs
to pay for everything, with no
money
he or she cannot even survive in modern society not to mention being
happy
. I
think
nobody would ask refugees in Syria whether they are
happy
or not
because
it is already difficult for them to survive,
happiness
is
certainly
luxury.
But
after
people
having met the basic survival
needs
, are they
automatically
happy
? I am afraid not.
Happiness
was and has always been luxury for most
people
, it is not
because
the amount of
money
,
but
because
the recipe of
happiness
is more than
simply
a lot of
money
. In fact, there are
plenty
of filthy rich
people
feel
unhappy. And meanwhile thousands of ordinary
people
are enjoying their simple
but
priceless
happy
lives
.
In my view, as long as our basic
needs
being met
, more
money
would not
necessarily
make
us happier.
Indeed
, factors like self- satisfaction and being
loved
probably
have greater marginal effect.
For instance
, workaholic who filled their
life
with work would
feel
happier when they finished an excellent project as they
got
huge self-satisfaction from it. A child who experienced parents divorcing at an early age might set finding someone to set a complete family as his
life
goal when he grows up,
because
being
loved
is the vital thing to his happiness.
To summarize
, I
think
people
need
a certain amount of
money
to survive
before
they can
feel
happy
,
but
self-satisfaction and being
loved
are
also
closely
linked to individual’s
happiness
.
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