Importance Of Money Success And Happiness

I have always asked the question, “What is money?”. Often, I would get replies like it measures success, generates happiness, cloths me, and buys affections. Yes, money can do many and a lot more things. But for me, I define money as an irresistible friend/foe depending on the situation. Money establishes a type of influential power which creates acceptance into high-society, but it can also lead to direct targeting with an increase of imposter friends, who only come to collect. As a child, my family and friends told money contributes to success and happiness. To clarify, phrases like, “To be successful you need to have a good job that pays a lot” have been shoved down my throat my whole life. From an early age, we train our children to measure an abundance of money to happiness and success. But does money truly measure success or happiness? Are too driven by the colossal mansion, with a ten-car garage and a six-figure bank account? Do we really need

While a fisher would need wealth in the form of a fishing rod, a fish net, a boat, and workers. So, to hand both people a wallet filled with cash is of somewhat of little use to them as it is to give a recovering alcoholic a bottle of Hennessey as a gift of overcoming their addiction. This rooted confusion about wealth and money is now the primary reason several young adults have a difficult time discovering what they want to do with their life. Regardless, people will continue to deny this concept because as humans, we are programmed to believe our truth is truly truthful. It is never easy to find one’s honest wealth because wealth is immeasurable, and the meaning at large is to each person at different points in their lifespan. In general, to persuade people to carry one notion of a meaning not only takes away their individualism, but it also molds people in the ideas, others perceive about