Would you rather be rich or be happy?

If I can only choose one, it'll definitely be happy because a scenario just flashed across my mind: A billionaire being wheeled in and out of the hospital because he's plagued with many serious health problems and his money is used practically for paying hospital bills throughout his life. Then he's surrounded by hypocrites who are only after his money. This is one rich but very unhappy man.

well there is a quote saying that .. money may not buy happiness but it buys a kind of misery we enjoy... I would like to be rich ...coz we get both ...Happiness & Misery...

Definately like your mother's way of thinking estherlou because she sounds like a wise woman. For me happiness comes from having family and special friends I can love and trust and receive the same in return from them. These important people in my life and their bonds we share are also what makes me both rich and happy, so I am not poor although I do not have much money. :)

It is more important to be happy. I think money would bring that happiness though. I have been poor and happy, as well as rich and happy. I liked the rich and happy the best.

Happy. People who are happy display a radiance about them that can be contagious at times. Happiness can keep us healthy. It make us prettier. It makes us fun to be around and it makes life worth living. Yes, money is wonderful. In the perfect world, one would be happy and have money. That is my dream.

couldn't I be a happy rich people??? I am joking of course but the fact is that without any money you can stay safe and happy long in thi world...I think that we all need as much money as for a decent life...if we can earn more, well money is always welcomen..but when you have what you need for living on it, well then of course the most important thing is to be healthy and happy...happiness is a difficult goal to obtain..I think we should be satisfied with our lives and think about things like love and family...my idea of happiness is having a good and loving family with a loving man and two or more children ..this is what i call happiness for me..and I hope I can earn the money I need to take care of my beloved people if I ever had my own family

I will pick happy every time. Money is nice and it can relieve some stress but it can never buy you happiness.

Obviously happy would be the logical answer, but I doubt if anyone would consider that if the opportunity of wealth arose. It is perfectly reasonable to assume that wealth would increase your chance of happiness, if only by virtue of providing the opportunity to live the life that you choose.

I would rather be Happy, they always say all the money in the World can not make People happy and I think it is true. So I would rather be poor and Happy then Rich and unhappy.

I would rather be happy. Money is not everything, love, friendship, family. Those are the important things in life. Money may be able to buy you things that will make you happy, but it may only last a short while.

Of course it would be great to have both :) money doesn't necessarily bring happiness but also being poor or with less money doesn't mean you can't have other problems (other than money) that can make you unhappy. If I was facing the choice i choose happiness without hesitation because what good the money is for if it can't make me happy.

I am good with just being Happy, that is the one thing that I don't think Money could ever buy and I wouldnt give up my Happieness. It's taken me years to get it.

Ya i agree that money is important in leading a happy life in this present world. But I feel its just a part of life like other inportant things like family, love, etc which are more important than money. Being rich does not mean that it brings just happiness, but also lot of tensions and many more which finally may lead to sorrows.

For me it is money because money can make me happy...