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What's happiness for you?
$tyli$h Executive:
--- Quote from: Shoshou..Mony on July 31, 2010, 11:52:47 am ---Only money? So, let us say that you have money and you are the richest man on earth but you have a very bad disease, you don't have a family or friends and only the people you deal with in life are businessmen. All the people respect you for your money but not for who you are and you know very well that once you will lose your money, no one will stand by your side.
Is that happiness for you? You said the only thing which brings you happiness is money.
@Ahana, yes I agree : 'One cannot be happy without peace. There is no happiness for a person who always doubts.'
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Yes. Of course I will be VERY happy if that happens.
Firstly, being rich, I will of course take regular medical checkups. This will substantially reduce my chances of getting a bad disease by very much. But still if I do have that kind of disease, even cancer is curable these days. Eg. Microsoft executive Paul Allen had blood cancer. He was cured with a 2 year treatment.
And there is no reason why my family should desert me just because I am so rich.They will be proud of me, that I am so rich. They will love me so much more because of my money. I will love them too. So, this situation is not possible as I see no reason why my family will desert me when I am so rich.
So, the circumstances you described has a very low chance of occuring in the first place. And even if they occur I will still be able to fight them to my advantage as I described earlier.
Now lets suppose (God forbid), I am a poor or a middle class person. I have an incurable disease. My family deserts me because I cannot even feed them to their desire because I have little money. There will be no chance of curing my disease because I cannot afford medical treatment of any form. My family hates me because I have little money. I cannot afford any luxury at all. Or only a little.
Will I be happy? Will YOU Be happy in this situation? N-O.
The criteria of happiness will differ. But for me it is only money and more and more money and more money than I can think of which makes me happy. Others will have different perception, no doubt. But for me its MORE and MORE MONEY.
M-H:
happiness- achieving all that i want to...making all the people i care for, as happy as i can. happines-doing everything in my power help all the ones who need it!
Monica:
@Stylish,
You need to know something, money doesn't buy everything in this world as you think. Money doesn't buy happiness.
You can convince yourself as much as you can and make it your belief that money would be a cause of happiness but it alone will never make you fully satisfied. The more you get, the more you will want.
$tyli$h Executive:
--- Quote from: Shoshou..Mony on July 31, 2010, 12:56:53 pm ---@Stylish,
You need to know something, money doesn't buy everything in this world as you think. Money doesn't buy happiness.
You can convince yourself as much as you can and make it your belief that money would be a cause of happiness but it alone will never make you fully satisfied. The more you get, the more you will want.
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Only in movies do we see that money doesn't buy everything. In real life, it can do anything, other than avert death. And I already explained how money can be used to cope with any situation in real life in my earlier post, successfully.
Yes. The more money I have, the more I want. In fact, do you realize it is a self realizing thing and thus, can lead to more and more happiness? Let me explain.
Consider a poor person, he has only $100. Next year, he aims to make $50. He does it and next year, he has $150. Now he wants more. He wants to make another $100 next year. It will be EASIER for him to achieve this aim, considering a compound and variable rate of PERCENTAGE return on his investment. So, in fact, the more money you have, THE EASIER IT IS TO MAKE MORE AND MORE MONEY. AND of course I will want more and more money. Exponential rate of money. So, it becomes EASIER and self fulfilling to earn MORE and MORE MONEY which I want!
This is true because in any investment, it is the % return which matters, not the lump sum. If I have a billion dollars iA, I will want another billion dollars, which is more and more money. Because the rule of PERCENTAGE return, that will be so much easier for me to achieve iA! So, since it becomes easier to earn exponential amount of money, I will be realizing my aim of more and more money. Since I will be realizing it, I will definitely be more and more happy.
Heart Hacker:
i m happy as long as i dnt have any problems . no matter where i am or what i have. :)
n i agree ..money cant buy happiness ...it may make u happy for a period of time...
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