(See: Stop Spending Your Spouse’s Dreams) Unlike buying things, whenever we use money to gain access to experiences it often deepens relationships, creates an appreciation for what we have, and makes us feel alive.īuying things does not have a lasting influence on our lives making memories does. Few things make us more unhappy than the presence of greed. If you have money and you don’t give to others, you will be greedy. Giving brings a double happiness-we find deep satisfaction in watching others receive what they did not expect and it prevents us from holding to tightly to that which we keep. Not only does giving bring us happiness because it helps others, but also because it is an antidote to greed. However, as maturity comes, so does the experience that giving to others can be a deeply meaningful event. Try to convince a small child that sharing a toy is a good idea and they will not believe you. From the moment we can distinguish having something or not have something, we want things to be ours. How can giving something to someone else make us happy? It makes no sense. Giving may be the most counter-intuitive act there is.
(See: A Dangerous Assumption About God’s Will)īut when someone uses money to give to others or to secure experiences for themselves, money can make one happy. Size of bank account or house or car in no way correlates with someone’s satisfaction with life. Thinking money will continue to buy happiness after our basic necessities are secured is foolishness. While buying things cannot make us happy, giving money and using money to enable experiences can greatly impact our lives. It can.īut it only will if we use money in a different way. This doesn’t mean money can’t continue to make us happy. But having the ability to buy more expensive cars, bigger houses, or nicer clothes does not influence our sense of life satisfaction. Up to certain levels, we buy things which lead to our happiness. It just requires us to use money in a different way to experience that happiness. After we have our basic needs covered, buying objects do not influence our satisfaction with life or feeling of happiness. Yet beyond a very low threshold, experts agree that money can’t buy happiness.
It’s not surprising that if someone has enough money to secure a house, to know where the next meal will come from, and to have their basic necessities taken care with a little left over, people will be happier. Recent studies have proven that up to a certain threshold, money can buy happiness. Money can drastically influence one’s happiness and satisfaction in life.
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