MONEY AND HAPPINESS

Hello everyone, I’m @akwash360 and I’m delighted to put down my thoughts into writing based on the prompt for the week as placed in the quote “Money can’t buy happiness but we do have things we buy with money that makes us feel happy. How about sharing with us one thing you’re guilty of overspending on? Or about a time you bought something to impress someone else (for their happiness)”

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Well, I totally agree that money can’t buy anyone happiness because I’ve seen cases where people have enough money to take care of themselves yet they lack happiness and peace of mind. Maybe due to some other things life could offer which they don’t have, which could sometimes be good health, Kids etc. Also, many could not get that happiness they needed due to lack of contentment. Nevertheless, money does not give happiness but indeed there are things we buy that make us feel happy. Therefore, I will be sharing an incident that happened recently between me and my close friends.

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So, on a faithful Sunday, I and two of my friends met in my house to gist as usual. Unfortunately, we were all broke that weekend as if it was planned. During our discussion, I open up to them that I feel the urge to take cold yoghurt and pepper meat. Fortunately for me I was not the only one that had that urge. Immediately one of them responded and same with the other one yet “we were broke”. Because the urge was mutual and we could not withstand it because that was the only thing we needed at that moment to make us happy. We had to put together all the money we had that was supposed to take care of our transportation for the next, we gathered the money and decided to go and relax in a nearby garden. That was how we spent that money that night just to satisfy our urge and be happy, whereas our transportation to work for the next day is in the hands of the lord. Though the night was a memorable one, that was one of the biggest risks I’ve taken so far.

We were actually impressed and satisfied at the moment. It was a beautiful moment of joy and happiness, but the next day is a return of the lost happiness we could not bear last night because I had to place some calls to see if I could borrow money to cover for my transportation that morning.

Conclusion
So, in conclusion I would say that the happiness that money can buy most times is temporary. I said this out of the experience I had and also the conversation I had with a few people that are alcoholic addicts. When I asked what could be the reason for the addiction, the response always was to free up their heads from worries and anxiety that is overwhelming them at the moment. One of them opened up to me that most times those things he’s running away from usually return back double the next day. It’s actually funny to hear that but that’s the reality of the happiness money can afford.

Thanks for reading through my submission for the week and I hope you enjoyed it.

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