Does money really bring happiness?

by Wiley Gustafson

The Little Terrorist Boy Does money really bring happiness? Follow me to Iraq to learn the answer to this question. A month or so ago I had the "opportunity" to venture outside the gates of our beloved Camp Taji, I...read more

by Shawna Blake

The biggest thing about money is that it can do many many things. It can buy us things that we want, pay for our lifestyles, and even determine what type of social status that we are lumped into. the lack of money can leav...read more

by Laura Galovits

A simple Google search catalogues pages of links to articles about money and happiness and only a few contend that money brings happiness. Social scientists of all breeds have researched the hypothesis, "Money cannot buy ...read more

by Joe Owens

Having money will not make you happy. Perhaps not having money when you need it will make you unhappy though. I have heard too many stories of people who have come into money, either by inheritance or by winning the lotter...read more

by Alexandra Heep

It CAN, but it needs other factors to succeed. If you are not happy now, just acquiring more money won't get you that happiness. I have been told by many people in my life time that "money is not everything". Ironically...read more

by Ruth Woodhouse

Money can bring happiness for sure - and it can also bring unhappiness. Even any happiness it does bring can be fleeting - and the happiness it brings is very much dependent on so many other things anyway. There is so mu...read more

by Wendy Brooks

We've all heard the saying "money makes the world go round". Money is a necessity in life and yes, to some, a source of happiness. Most of us have to work hard to earn our money, only to see it go out the door again when...read more

by Matthew Paulson

When I was in kindergarten, I saw all of the big kids in first grade who got three recesses in a day, they got to read and do math, meanwhile I was stuck in the glorified daycare known as Kindergarten. I thought, I just ca...read more

by A. Major

If you don't have any, money does bring happiness. Temporary happiness, that is. Temporary joy to get rid of that insurmountable debt, to stop going from pay check to pay check, to make ends meet. Money becomes the gold...read more

by Tami Roxanne Barker Norman

Does money really bring you happiness in life? Well this is certainly a question that many people in our society feel that the answer is for certain that yes indeed money is what they feel brings them much happiness in the...read more

by Zoe Banfield

Money, money, money, the driving force in most modern societies. It is essential to survival, it keeps you fed, clothed,sheltered and provisioned. It sometimes seems that money can buy you everything you want and need. But...read more

by TBAcademics

I'm thinking of how tickled I'd be to have a few more pennies right now. A grand would do wonders for my morale, too. I think money can potentially "really bring happiness," if the lack of it, in the past, has resulted in ...read more

by Todd Genge

"The world revolves around the almight dollar", was a phrase often spoken by my father. "When you turn 18, the bills never stop coming", was another. I found out exactly how true those words were. When I turned 18, the bil...read more

by Dora Jones

My husband and I have lived all our married life on one wage, all the bills were paid on time. My husband was a shift worker, so there was no opportunity for me to go back to work after the birth of our children. Do not...read more

by Rehab Haggag

Money is an asset for every one of us and its presence is very important.But it is not the only absolute reason of happiness,money can buy us a nice house,cool car,the computer we are dreaming of.Money can buy the physical...read more

by Mariann H

It all depends upon the my, morals and values of the person with the money. Money cannot buy happiness becuase Happiness lives in each of us. It all depends on what makes you happy. For instance my husband and children ma...read more

by Barbara Stockton

Whether or not you are happy has nothing really to do with money. I have known rich people who are happy and those who are not. I have met people who don't have money who are very happy with their lives and those who alwa...read more

by Helen Tay

Money is a form of exchange for a service or product that is useful or beneficial to us. Once we can understand the meaning of money, then we can see the impact of money in our lives. Money by itself does not bring any...read more

by Donna Marie Gray

Oh, my! You've gone and stepped on my hot button! Money vs. happiness. First there is the money. Everybody has some, whether it be a few cents or hundreds of thousands of dollars. Needless to say, those with only ...read more

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by Heather Dolheguy

Why did I recently get fired for a job that I had a lifetime of experience in. My husband and adult children, (two of which have recently returned back to live with us) could not understand how this could have happened. I ...read more