Is Money Really Important than happiness?
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A Bedtime Story...\nOnce upon a time there was this guy who was good at math and computers.  He went to school and got some degrees and worked in software and data analysis for a number of years.  He worked at one company in particular for five years.  This company was owned by friends, who treated him like family (this isn't necessarily a good thing) and he worked very hard for them, and earned a good salary doing so.  He was also miserable and irritable most of the time.  Finally, the constant stress caught up with him and he left the company.  For fourteen months, he did odd jobs and barely scraped by, driving him into fairly serious financial issues.  He lost his car, and used public transportation and his bike and his feet to get places.\n\nHe was never happier.\n\nAfter fourteen months, his friends came to him and said that things would be different.  They weren't really, and he didn't expect that, but he thought maybe he was different enough that he could manage.  Again he made good money, again he busted his rear to earn this money.  He was there about 16 months before he left again (fired this time instead of quitting.)  He simply wasn't happy spending his life serving others for nothing more than a paycheck.  \n\nThis guy hadn't learned the lesson that money does NOT equal time.  Money is useful, but the simple fact is, in one hundred years, this guy and pretty much everyone else reading this will be dead, and that money isn't going to make a damn bit of difference in that.  Were he here, this guy would applaud you for discovering that which he can't seem:  being happy for who and for where you are.  That is a gift.
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Yes, I agree.  Money can buy comfort, luxury, material things. You name it, it's for sale.  When people are saying it can't buy you happiness, they are thinking happy like forever. But nothing is "forever".\n\nI like having money.  I really, really do.  And I enjoy it and am happy when my wallets is fat with it  Hey! And I feel HAPPY!
448808
I hate to criticize, but I'd work on that grammar if I were you.  Your question was very difficult to interpret the way you wrote it.\n\n  Saying that, I'm guessing the question you intended was:\n\n "To have or not to have, that is the question; how true is this?  Can one be happy and poor?  What are the ramifications?"  Then my answer would be . . . .\n\n\n  It all depends,  on you and more particularly if you're a parent or not . . . exactly what standards one holds along these lines depends an awful lot on the answer to the question, "What kind of person are you and what makes you happy?"  and on the children issue.  When it comes to feeding your children or seeing that they get the crucial medical care you want for them . . . poverty isn't nearly so romantic.\n\n  Money and possessions are obviously NOT 100% necessary, there are 'return to the pioneer' type people and there was Gandhi to illustrate that neither money nor possessions are absolutely crucial.  Nevertheless, most of us are not nearly so stoical nor so easily satisfied with so little.  Hemingway said, the key is to never become 'owned' by your possessions.  I think he meant, if one's happiness is tied to what you own (rather than to who you are and what you do and the love and friendship you have in your life) then you're doomed to be miserable.  I'd guess that sense of purpose and happiness with the details of your every day life are the most crucial factors and money and possessions should be considered things that just make the journey to your goals a little bit more pleasant.  Good luck, by the way for a fuller answer:  rent the Oscar-winning movie Gandhi.
641614
Honestly money shouldn't be your deciding factor.  Money will eventually come.  You want to chose the job that will best suit you in the long-term.  Why chose a job that is fun at the start but boring and monotonous after a few years.  True happiness is doing a job that doesn't feel like work.
1030965
No, I personally would only give money to someone who had obvious material needs, & not for emotional needs.  My advice to you is try to find a way to be happy that isn't based on materialism.
951801
Probably more important considering the interest.\n\nSeriously though, you assume money is important to me now, which it is not.
367088
Money makes you comfortable, provides a quality living environment, and helps you sleep easy at night.  It doesn't guarantee happiness.  Happiness (to me) is derived from your relationships with those closest to you and the enjoyment of life's simple pleasures.  Motorcycle riding on a perfect day, laughter, romance, sunsets, feeling good health and helping others.
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poor and happy and win the lotery lol\n\nSeriously, money dont bring happyness. All of the contrary  they bring worries, selfishness, and greed. The more money you have you will always want more. \nYou could have all the money in the world if you dont have health or someone special beside you to enjoy them with. One worry of the people with lots of money is that they can never really know if people like them for who they are or for their money.\n\nI wanna recomand u a great movie which is related to your question. is called Trading Places from 1983 with Eddy Murphy and Dan Aykroyd. is a great movie. watch it.
108719
I think people who don't have great wealth desire it because they think it will bring happiness.  Sure it would be nice to live comfortably, but money does not necessarily bring happiness.  I know several millionaires from when I worked in oil & gas in Houston and they were mostly miserable souls. They fought over more & more money and worried constantly about how to keep from losing it. Their kids were on drugs and had alcohol problems in and out of rehab.  I'm basically poor, but I've never been happier at this time in my life.
732856
I have everything else in life.  I have an incredible wife, two wonderful kids, a good job that pays the bills, and a house in a great neighborhood.  Money at this point in my life would do nothing but positive things for me.  It can't buy happiness if you aren't happy to begin with.
487846
Money might buy a lot of stuff, but the richness of family and friends, cannot be purchased by money.  I've been both and now I"m poor and happier than I've ever been in my life - my health is gone, but I have peace, joy, hope, a wonderful husband, a great son, and a family that rallies round in prayer and support.  All my past dollars couldn't buy my health, couldn't buy me peace or joy, a good husband, couldn't have turned my son into a great young man, or caused my family to rally - so if you have chosen to leave the money and gain the greater things in life, then you have chosen well!
609193
Money is important, but happiness counts more than that, if ur money cannot buy u happiness whats the use, at times u got to take decisions with ur heart and not with ur mind. I can understand ur situation. But everyone has a right to be happy , so why deprive urself. move on, u never know the happiness the other job will give might reflect in better productivity and can also result in pay hike..best of luck and move on
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Money is a tool, a means to an end.  If having lots of it does anything for  you, it gives you freedom and choices.  There is NO inherent happiness in money.  It can improve your standard of living, it can alleviate certain kinds of stress, but no amount of money--no matter how big or small--brings you real happiness.\n\nI admit that I never met a dollar I didn't like.  I do what I can to bring in as much as I can, but honestly, I'm happy with my life.  I make a decent living; not great, and probably not what men my age and education earn.  I absolutely adore the work I do, and have been making a living at it for over 30 years.  My wife and I both work, but don't consider it a necessity any more than the ability to pay the mortgage, car payment, gas, insurance, groceries, utilities, and whatever else is left over for fun.  I have so much to be grateful for that has absolutely nothing to do with money that I actually wonder how much happier I'd really be with all that much more.  I'm not sure I would.\n\nI think you have a notion of this in your question.  I just think that once you get to a point in your life when you don't have to scrape for everything, you'll be there--and it won't be nearly as much as you imagined.  I wish you happiness, success, and good luck!
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It is harder to say that money is not important in living in the world. You'll be branded rare. Cause person that not need money is rare things in our world, and one that need money probably a monk or have other believes, or belong to another religious group, which differs from our normal kind of living.\n\nTry to think that money represent almost all you see and touch.\n\nIt's virtual things represent all the things that you do.\n\n--The world now you living, before you're born and after you die, is a cynical world.\n\nLook all the question in Yahoo! Answer, and what does it represents?
1140603
Happy makes life worth living. All the money in the world doesn't matter if not happy.
350754
The only true value to life is what you value as important and the value you put into it. If you value money then you will need to be rich in money to value life. If you value family then you may need a lot of relatives and close friends in your life to find it valuable. You may value helping people so you volunteer for Peace Corp. The point is is for you to find out what makes you happy and live that life.
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how do you define better future? money> dentistry or happiness>physics/astrol. life is not improved by money. all youve got is all you need. your life is your decision. say so.