We hear it all the time--"Money does not buy happiness." I beg to differ...sorry for the cliche', but sometimes it's just necessary. Any way, I am so tired of not having enough money from my paycheck to spend on other things besides rent, food, essential toiletries, and food. Oh, I mentioned that already. Nevertheless, I am willing to bet that if I had more money--enough to purchase large amounts of food, pay-off my automobile insurance, and the monthly lease --and be able to afford, at minimum, a week-long vacation, then I'd be happy.
I would bet, too, that if I had money to spend the way I prefer, I'd treat my friends to dinners, and movie tickets, too. I'd splurge on gifts, and share my income with more of my family members, and panhandlers, too. I'd enjoy helping my friends pay for the things they need and want in order to have fun.
It's gotten to the point where so many of my friends are struggling to do the same things I am struggling to do.
And because we are all having to spend our money just to live day-to-day, and not completely comfortably either, we seldom get to spend time together.
So, I beg to differ--money does buy happiness. It is the resource that brings us exciting fun stuffed adventures, and nearly complete bliss.
I agree. So many of the things that make me happy require money. And I guess I could argue that if I had all the money in the world but no health or no friends or no family those things wouldn't be as much fun. But dammit, if I had a little more money in my pocket I would be having much more fun and feeling a whole lot happier
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