2009-01-11, 03:22 AM
Orit Wrote:You can't be happy when you're poor.Some of the happiest children I've ever seen were dirt poor in a third world country, playing games barefoot and outdoors with an empty soup can. Then you see American kids with their Nintendo DS, their cell phones, their Hollister clothes, and you have to ask yourself: are they really happy?
Money does not buy happiness. What money does buy is comfort. You can live in a nicer house, drive a nicer car, play more video games, and eat at nicer restaurants. However, comfort =/= happiness. I do not believe that one can fill the void in one's life with material things. Material things will not give you a sense of purpose or belonging. Material things will not share your company, laugh with you, or cry with you. Material things will not love you back.
Of course, that makes me a big fat hypocrite since I'm a horrible shopaholic. Nobody's perfect, right?
