An Analysis of the Popular Phrase “Money Can Buy Happiness”
In todaymaterialistic world, the phrase that money can buy happiness is tending to be proved hence otherwise. Social research and surveys have shown results based on an individuals income. Health and the political scenario which is dominant in his or her region. It is quite obvious that the gap between the privileged. And the not so is growing into a great divide giving rise to different class and status, thus defining ones social circle.
It should therefore be understood how an individuals economic status affects their personal happiness throughout all aspects of life. Many tend to refer to this age-old quote especially when they tend to belong to sector of people who canâ€TMt afford the modern day luxuries of life. What they do not realize is that money, might in fact do just that, buy happiness. On the other hand, those who have pockets as heavy as themselves think that money is nothing but a burden and a complication in life, which is too networked to figure out, let alone solve.
Happiness as defined in the Oxford Dictionary is a feeling of luck, fortune and contentment. The trends of music have hip hop artists expressing their childhoods as miserable experiences because they grew up in the ghetto. However once they have acquired their wealth, things couldnâ€TMt have been going more smoothly. Could they have not made the best out of their childhood, knowing that they were loved and cared for? Weren’t they truly happy then without all the material accessories?
In my opinion, if you are lucky enough to be alive, fortunate enough to have food and a bed, and content in the love you receive, then you experience happiness which no piece of paper or coin can take away. Of course, that is just one viewpoint. All the things mentioned above have no relation to contentment in present conditions as even the bare necessities of life are not enough to fulfill the needs of todayâ€TMs generation, as everything has a price. The reality itself is cruel yet unavoidably true, that you cannot be fed, educated, sheltered, and you cannot have even have any enjoyment or entertainment without some kind of economic support.
The modern world has given a price tag to everything, and thus, for many, wealth is indeed the root and ultimate happiness. It should be highlighted that money may allow one to get all the temporary comforts of life, but it must also be considered as to which type of person benefits from money as well. For example, an individual dying from an incurable illness, cannot be satisfied while being in possession of a great deal of money, when they are not even able to spend and enjoy it to its fullest content.
Furthermore, someone with vast riches may be considered lucky by many, but the individual himself only realizes that if there is no one to share the bounties with, there is indeed no sweetness, no matter how ripe the fruit may be. Then again, if you happen to pick out someone from the opposite end of the upper class and elite, someone who belongs to a third class community, having a large family, loving spouse and even the beloved pet, he or she might be least satisfied with the little they have, as affording a good life, including education, luxuries and the whole package of commercial comfortâ€TM is totally out of question.
Though folk wisdom would like to deny it, the idea that money can buy happiness cannot be denied. Though people, especially those without much money, would rather believe that money can not buy happiness, it makes practical sense to say that it can. Those who make more money can supply not only the basic necessities of food, clothing, and shelter but can also supply their family with physical and financial security, high-quality education, the possibility of more leisure time, and luxuries that those who make less money can not afford. Of course it cannot be asserted that money does not guarantee happiness, it makes sense that money can provide for basic necessities and luxuries and lessen the pressure and stress people experience when they do not have these things.
