DOES MONEY EQUAL HAPPINESS?
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DOES MONEY EQUAL HAPPINESS?

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With growing consumerism and capitalism worldwide, there is a common belief claiming that money makes people happy. This meta is considered as a religion by many people, especially the young generation, as they lack happiness related to the spiritual way of being happy. But is having lots of money essential to be blissful? This essay will cover money's contribution to be happy mentioning my own experiments with money.

Let's begin by looking at the gathered sociologic research showing that people living in wealthy countries that offer good job opportunities and high living standards tend to commit suicide more than any other country. When diving in the reasons for it, the result is fantastic! According to sociologists, money doesn't make people happier. In contrast, it causes unhappiness and insatiability in some cases.

These findings reveal that money as a meta makes someone happy for the moment, and this happiness doesn't last long after exploring its benefits, so people become unsatisfied with the things that money can buy.

The main reason for this is that money or any other things that have purchasing power give people momentary joy, so people begin to gravitate to these things whenever they need a slight sense of happiness. This situation becomes a habit in people, so they become addicted to purchasing new items or experiences, and after a while, buying new things is going down.

People who feel lonely or not liked by someone can seek attention and joy, so goods or materials replace real emotions. So the real issue is that people feel alone and try to achieve happiness by buying products that can give them the feeling they look. But the real pleasure relates to real emotions like compassion, attention, and helping each other. So the families and close friends play an important role in this situation. I mean, those who have a strong relationship with their relatives and family members can overcome this depression derived from feeling alone and worthless. So they may begin giving value to human beings instead of things. Dealing with this issue involves support and love. Thus people don't have to be craving for money to be happy and feel valuable.

To sum up, we can say that although money provides people with fleeting happiness, these moments are temporary and not satisfying in the long-term. People should seek this sense in people like friends or their families because money can not buy happiness.

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