How to live happily without wealth??

I am by no means wealthy. I was actualy just laid off from my job. BEfore that I had a job that was a decent one but was never well off. While not having much money can create stress, it's no reason to not be happy. If I was a millionaire and didn't have the people I have in my life now I doubt I would be very happy. For me my happiness comes from being around my famil, friends, even my pup. Laughing with them and just enjoying life instead of sulking wishing I had more money or things like that. I'm as wealthy as can be with the wonderful people in my life!

The happiest people are those who have nothing, (need nothing.) Did Jesus need more than three meals a day to be happy? Happiness has little or nothing to do with material possessions. The secret of true happiness, is to be thankful for all your blessings, and to be continually aware of your most precious gift, the gift of life. Carry a prayer of thanks with you always, and you will never be in need.

Hello mermaidivy, I think money is not everything but without money, life won't be good too. As for me, I don't ask too much in life as long as I can provide a comfortable life for my family, that is more than enough. I think, life is more meaningful rather than just about money. You won't live happily with all the money too but of course, it helps when you have money. If I am blessed to be a wealthy person, I would like to share whatever I have with my family and definitely it is some kind of bonus to our lives too!

Hello mermaidivy!!! It is definitely possible to be happy without wealth. Provided that you have the basic requirement available to you in your life. In fact wealth is not the happiness. Consider this example. There is a doctor who earns more than 100 dollars a day. And there is a poor man who earns hardly 50 cents a day. One day, luckily the poor man became able to earn 5 dollars in a day. In the same day the doctor also earned 5 dollars only. Imagine how happy the poor man becomes that day and how sad the doctor become that day. So, what I meant to say is wealth is not the real happiness. Our mind is the source of happiness and sorrows. Learn to be contented with the life. That is the secret to the happiness. Happiness and the sorrow are just the reflection of our mind. Learn to be happy controlling your mind, being contended you will definitely be happy. This is the real happiness. Happy mylotting...

We live happy and need some little wealth. Even not so rich just an average we can live happily. But it is in the one's will what his goals in life. To be wealthy or happy. For me I go with the happiness but I still need a little wealth to buy my needs. Its impossible to live in life without spending a little.

To me wealth is what you have accumulated and saved beyond your basic living expenses. With that definition, I really don't need wealth, because I have enough to live on and am creative enough to still have fun in life. If all my wealth was gone and I had just the basics to live on, then I'd move to somewhere else where my basic income is more than enough. Then voila ... I suddenly have wealth. I retired a month ago and my income decreased by about 60%. Next month I will move to another country with a lower cost of living. In my new home I will have more money left over after my basic expenses than I had in the USA with my full salary. But if you are asking, is having more wealth necessary for happiness, then my answer is no. I am finding life much more enjoyable in retirement now that I have fewer burdens. Maybe less money, but in a month I will be living quite well on less. I found the pursuit of wealth a cause of unhappiness. I found the sense of not having enough wealth a cause of unhappiness. I found having wealth not a source of happiness. Once I stopped chasing wealth, I suddenly have more freedom and wealth in life than when I was a slave to my career. Material wealth? Not for me anymore. Wealth in living is where it's at.

Accepting life as it comes is a great way to be happy without wealth. As I see, most of us here are not 'wealthy'...neither am I. There are many things in life which I wanted to enjoy but could not due to lack of money and with age catching up fast, there's little hope that I might one day. Even then, I am thankful that each day passes peacefully without further misery, I am glad that I can put food on the table (even though it might not be gourmet stuff), I am happy that my son is continuing his studies in a good school (even tho that takes a substantial part of my earnings), I feel just lucky that we all are healthy...what are you thankful for?

Its easy to be happy without wealth, you have to just focus on your blessings in life and remember that things could always be worse.....right now I don't have much monetary wealth because I'm not working, but I just focus on having a good time with things that don't cost money,,,,,Laughter is one of the best things in life that doesn't have to cost a penny, i laugh a lot in my life,,,,in the past my family and I have been through some rough times and laughter helped get us through it,,,,so whenever you have a moment that you dwell on what you could have if you had more money,,,,just think of something that makes you smile or chuckle, that thought means a heck of a lot more than materialistic wishes

Actually What you mean by without, If it is Like to have Nothing or You have Something, If its you have Nothing with you then Life would be Much Miserable then Expected to be, but if You have Something but not Much then I would say that you could Get happiness with what you have Because its like Stay happily with what you have and Try to get What you want, it may take time but It is Possible... Keep Smiling and Happy myLotting...