Tolstoy's Short Story 'How Much Land Does A Man Need?'

I definitely agree with this quote, and any others like it. Happiness isn’t “outward things,” happiness isn’t worldly possessions. Happiness is found in the most organic aspects of life, in the sky, the flowers, the sunny days, friends and family, and in love. Money will always leave you wanting more, as well as power, or clothes, or a work position. Like Pahom in Leo Tolstoy’s short story, “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” Phaom had a nice plot of land, and for awhile he was under the illusion of being “happy.” But then he realized there were greater possibilities. So, he sold his small plot of land and bought some elsewhere. He repeated that pattern until the day he died, and if he hadn’t of died, the pattern would have continued. As humans, we’re selfish, we’re greedy, and we always want more.
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We only get a hundred short years, and that’s if we’re lucky. So we might as well make the most of things and do everything we can to find happiness. Most importantly though, look for it where it counts. Because when we are dead, with only the memories of others to keep our presence alive, will power and all the things we had matter? Will the big house we lived in matter, will the numbers in our bank account matter? My answer is no. But the things that will matter, well that’s easy. It’s all of the people who love me, who will keep my name alive. It’s my experiences, all the things I saw, all the things I did. It’s the people that I met, the people that helped mold me into the person I will die as. If I spend all my time being greedy and only trying to build myself up, no one will be there to remember me. And when I’m gone, I’ll die miserable, a person guilty of always wanting