True that happiness doesn't come from money it self...

I very agree with you. money can't buy every thing,but we can't live without the money.

At certain points in ones life money can make a great difference. Whether or not you are able to afford medical care for your sick child. If you are able to adopt a child. There are some many things that you have to depend on how much money you have or your going to make. At several points in my life I have needed mor money then waht I have had. I worked harder to get that money. Otherwise money isn't all that important to me.

Money can't buy you happiness ........... but it can make your misery more comfortable :-) I don't really want to be a millionaire or anything like that, but to be honest money is really important right now, I don't have any. The bills are stacking up and my partner is working overtime most nights just so we can pay the bills. All I need right now is enough money to pay off the debts and have some left over to invest so that we have an income from the investment.

You are so right.Money could never buy happiness.It can bring you a certain amount of comfort,it can make you feel better when you are able to buy what you need.It also makes you feel good so that the bills can be paid.But true happiness comes from within you.

I totally agree with you. At the same time I may add that money is very important. Without money we cannot face the harships of life. So we have to have money to meet our needs. But we should always remember that money is not the most important thing to lead a happier life. Relations are more important. As you pointed out certain things cannot be bought for money. So money is important, but not most important.

Hello,augustta,money may not be everything in your life,in fact many rich people are not happy as they get so many worries about losing their fortune. I will be happy if i can earn enough to pay all the bills and have a little bit for saving every month,i do not need to be rich,i will be happy to have a simple life without a lot of materials.

I totally agree with you Sweetie as my Attitude is the same Money can not buy Happiness or Love or Closeness with Family and Friends We are rich with our Family and Friends and that is what counts

making and or having money is mostly a status thing I feel. happiness is the small things in life for me. Happiness is achieved if you are happy with yourself at that time. Happiness to me is best described as a great caring and loving family and group of friends. With those happiness is attained by being with them and or doing things with them. At this point in my life I'd still be very happy if I didn't have a penny to my name. Attacthed is a photo of me my wife and our daughter. Other members arent in this photo though. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~

I agree money can't buy everything but families do come first.

Money is a necessity for life, but it certainly doesn't make one happy. Although it would make me happy to have all my bills paid, lol. The people who I know who have money never seem to be happy and just want more, more, more and are never satisfied. I myself, wouldn't want to be rich, I would be happy with just enough and no debt. What I am rich in money can't buy, my Faith, my family, and my friends.

i could use a lot of money in my life right now. but i can still live with what i already have. i think it's still important. but not that much to make you stop living. or a reason to end it. there are a lot of potentials if i have the money.. but there are still potentials even if i don't. it's just harder to find. - barn kinney http://barncogitations.blogdrive.com/ http://barncogitations.blogspot.com/

without money,its hard to get educated;without money,we cant afford to go to hospital when in need;without money,there is no way to be romantic......i think money is important in many areas apart from buying basic needs.its true that happiness doesnt come from money itself,but without money,we can do nothing.then we wont be happy.

Of course money is very important because without money, its impossible that you move on in life. How will you pay you bills etc. and eat.

really your sentence is true to your words and no doubt of it.......i really appreciate u augustta for ur discussion topics and i love to respond to them.......... money is always a secondary thing for me.first comes the happiness and then money.........no doubt in today's world money matters but remember u can't buy happiness with money........ if u have got the knowledge,intelligence,qualities,skiils and a little bit of luck u will never feel shortage of money.....

This reminds me of a disney cartoon I saw years ago. I wasn't really watching, but I was able to hear the entire conversation between Donald Duck's 3 nephews & Uncle Scrooge. One of the three nephews asked Uncle Scrooge about how he got rich. He told them the smart things he did, & one of the nephews would ask "Did you get rich then?" He would deny that he was rich, & went on with his next venture that got him a lot of money. Then the same question was asked, & Uncle Scrooge denied that he was rich. After a few times of telling them his next thing that got him money & the same question that got asked again, he finally said, "Then you three came along. That's when I got rich." While money is needed to survive, such as buying food, paying rent for the place you live in (or even buying a place to live in), among buying & paying for other necessities, money does not always buy happiness. People who become instant millionaires, perhaps by winning the lottery, or releasing a song that becomes a big hit, the happiness usually lasts for only a short while. After that, the glory of having a lot of money is usually gone. Money can "buy" friends, but if something bad happened & all that money is gone, those that stick with you anyway are the REAL friends. Usually, money can help a starving person buy food. Also, at times, having a lot of money can reveal the type of person you REALLY are.

Of course money is important in our everyday lives. But still for me, money cannot replace the full happiness when your with loved ones. For me, I dont even stay far to them. Even to go to another country just to earn much money will not look good to me. For me, I deserve to better think that as long as you have food, shelter/clothing and house your still no longer called as poor.At least you have all the basic needs and you cannot change the chances for spending time with your family and loved ones than to steal a moment in another country to earn much money but your not feel anymore happiness

Well, Money cant buy happiness. I guess its kind of a balancing act. You dont want to work so hard for extra money that you dont have time or energy to live your life. You do want to work hard enough so that you and your family can live comfotably. They say that the best things in life are free, everything else cost money. Terry

Money buys us the basic necessities and comfort.Beyond that,it is no more important than a good movie everyday.Perhaps even less because often it influences the person we are.Yes,the income depends on intelligence,education and ambition , but after reaching the desired milestones and staying there it doesn't feel so great after some time if we don't have friends ,family and health on our side.To me money is importan to the point that it gives me the freedom to do what I want and takes away the inability to help a friend when I want.But it never ranks above my friends and family.

I have responded to a similar discussion and would repeat here that In my humble opinion, they are not related to each other as such. One provides food for body and other is related to soul. So a person needs both to remain human, as we can't separate body and soul. They are quite independent, neither money can buy happiness nor happiness can generate money by itself, though I agree that it can provide motive and inspiration to earn. I am speaking based on my experiences with different people. I have seen people who just valued money and ended up in disaster. Similarly I have seen people who loved each other very much and lived quite a happy life for some time but when there was a little to eat or provide for essentials of life, for some days, differences started to appear, specially when there was a starving child, and they too ended up in separation after a couple of years of continuous unhappy and unhealthy relation. I myself has rejected proposals of some lucrative jobs just because if I did opt, I would not have been able to give time to my family and without family, I can’t be happy. But I do consider it my responsibility to provide for basic essentials of life to my family. In short, I’ll conclude that with essentials of life met, money has no value compared to happiness.

No money does not bring the fullness of happieness to us and our lives. Its feeling good about ourselves inside and out and knowing that happieness is not materialism but a feeling from deep inside you... Thats what we think anyway... :)