You can't buy happiness with money

 

You can't buy happiness with money

 

I am sure there will be many people who will read this article and think that I am crazy. Quite frankly I don't care. Through this article I have written what my humble thoughts are the most important things in life, health and happiness.

 

All my friends have money:

 

What car do you drive?

 

How much is your house worth?

 

How much do you earn

 

How much did your suit cost?

 

Where are you going on vacation this year?

I find it all very boring and think they are sad. They are engaged in some kind of competition and they are basically obsessive about money.

I will give you an example of a friend whose name is Prakash. He never talks about anything else and is always ready to get rich quick schemes. He is also in a lottery syndicate, which has about fifty members. Each member pays around ten pounds per week. Prakash prefers to socialize on Saturday nights, though it soon becomes itchy at the time of the lottery draw. A few minutes later he would go to the toilet where he would call his girlfriend. He carries the toilet paper with his numbers and a few pens. After his girlfriend tells him what numbers are drawn, Prakash will then spend about twenty minutes checking his numbers, and then to see if he has any winning lines.

 

Eventually he returns to the group who seems too eager (other than me) to find out how much he has won / lost. To date he has only won small amounts, although it is assured that one day he will become a millionaire. He would then start talking about the lottery, asking other people what they would buy if they were ever lucky enough to win. At this point, I was very bored and I wanted to stay at home watching football matches. For me, the two most important things in life are health and happiness. These are two things one cannot buy with money. A few years ago, my father became ill. That time was in a real bad way for me and they had to spend about five months in the hospital. His illness was a big shock for me as he was only twenty-seven years old. . I feared the worst, even though I was trying my hardest to think and stay positive. I remember, even if I had given my everything in the world to those doctors, they would not have helped them. I felt powerless and realized at that moment that money is only paper.

Happiness is the same, I remember that at the age of twenty-one I had a lot of money and I was surprised that I was depressed at the same time. At other times I have it next to no money and I am very happy.

 

Author – Raju Atulkar