Money, fortune, happiness? Do they really have a tight link between each other? Everyday we can hear all kinds of people complaining too little money, thus cannot afford their needs. When they are groaning they really look so sad. Then such kind of interrogation would come to our minds: Do we really need to be moneybags? Are you unhappy because you don't have enough money in your pocket? Then how much money can make you happy? 1 million? 5 million? Or a billion? Or even more?

Nowadays we still have so many poor people. Everyday we would meet all kinds of "poors", just judged by their appearance. They do not dress like us workers, they looks dirty and not so tidy. However, can we just come to a conclusion that they are unhappy, just because they do not have too much money in their pocket? No! Many of them are still smiling, sweetly. Been asked by the question if they are happy or not, many of them would answer, yes. Because they are been loved, by wife, by husband, by children, by parents. They feel rich in mind.

Money, indeed is very inportant. It can buy everything we want, can satisfy our daily requirements, can buy us luxury goods, be respected by others, and meet the needs of our ambitions.

However, the rich are not always happy. When they are poor, they attacked to earn. When they have reached the goal, they will find they cannot stop, they would want more, much more than that they want at the beginning. When they have got serveral things, they also lost much. Sometimes they feel emptiness. They got luxury, but lost many spiritual hapiness.

There still many things that money cannot buy. Money, when it is enough, it can give you vanity, people's admire, but cannot buy family happiness, friends, wives true in love with him and many other things. Money is not omnipotent, but without money, we would not stand in this "money first" society. This is why many poor people have a good family loved each other much, but still most of the time they look unhappy.

Then how much money is enough to lead a happy life? That depends on your desire. If you keep wanting and wanting, or you have a luxury dream that is not reality, you will never be satisfied and will never feel happy. Then time flies, when you finally tired and give up, you will find yourself old, and have missed serveral good things on your way of attacking. That's a terrible pity of your whole life.

Money, do not need too much, just enough, enough to lead a good but not luxury life, enough to satisfy your little luxury dreams, enough to buy necessity for life, enough to raise a whole family, and enough to face the sudden cources. Here I do not mean to buy high level villa or a Ferrari. Just enough money to be respect is OK. Once your life become too luxury, you will become losing and unhappiness would come to knock you door.

My boyfriend and I are bith ordinary white collars. Now we do not have our own house or car. We do not have because we do not have enough money. But we are happy, because we have youth and faith. This is also our fortune. We are attacking these goals together.

Happiness have nothing to do with much money, it only depends on how you look at it.

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