Many people say money cannot buy happiness. They even extend it to love and argue that money cannot buy love. What i am yet to understand is what they mean by that statement. Are they trying to imply that in pursuit of happiness, money plays no role?
Happiness is a state of well-being that encompasses living a good life—that is, with a sense of meaning and deep satisfaction. Source
To live a good life, so many things must play important roles. Money, job, family, wife , hubby, academic satisfactions and many things will play important roles for you to attain the height of being happy.
Money is very important when the issue of happiness is raised. Money logically buys you freedom from worry about the basics in life. With money, you worry less about housing, food, clothing. Your achievements, marital status, social relationships, etc., all influence how happy you are.
If money determines the larger part of why you are happy, is it not reasonable to say it 'buys' you the happiness? Perhaps, the problem here is the fact that we are thinking about the word 'buy' to mean exchange of goods and services.
Have you seen someone who has money and he is sad? Perhaps yes but is having money the reason the person is sad? My question is can you be unhappy because you have money?
I guess your answer is no. People can be unhappy for so many reasons but having money is not one of those reasons.
If you are one of those who believe in the general saying above, then we can ask you, can you be 'truly' happy without money? I can remember how fast i think and how sad i am when i notice my account is nearing red. It is not a good experience. Everything inside you will be weak. It is even hard to think straight.
How happy can you be when you don't have money to marry a woman, how happy can you be when you cannot pay your school fees, house rent or pay artisans to come and repair some things in your home? How happy can you be when you don't have money to feed your mouth not to talk of that of your family? How happy can you be when you cannot pay little bills - electricity, water?
I think we need to rethink all these so called 'wise sayings' which we use most times to console ourselves. I doubt if a rich man will use this line to talk to anybody because he knows how 'fulfilled' and 'happy' he is when he can easily pay for anything he wants.
If you still think money cannot buy happiness, then tell us if you can be happy being poor and unable to buy basic things.
