In this so called life many people believe that money is the reason for everyone’s happiness. People always seem to talk about ways on spending their paychecks or on how they don’t have enough money. Have you ever thought how much money is enough? People tend to be greedy and needy and don’t consider these two questions when it comes to purchasing items; “Is this something I need?” or “Is this something I want?” Do you wake up in the morning giving thanks for having another day to be alive, and having a safe home to sleep, and a meal to eat? Some people do but in most cases most people wake up complaining about the things they don’t have which sometimes it’s not a priority.
When it comes to the term happiness in my eyes I don’t see that as an item you can purchase at a store, it’s a feeling. We discussed this in class and the responses that I got from my classmates was that money can buy happiness and it can buy …show more content…
I did my research and found an article about a woman named Kia Jarmon, the article was about her spending a lot of time working which caused her to miss out on special moments with her son. According to Kia ‘’while you may still enjoy the finger pop and neck roll that comes after saying my time is money, consider a different perspective. Money gives you the ability to buy things; time gives you the ability to experience priceless moments, cheers to understanding that money can buy things not moments” ( Jarmon, 2015) I couldn’t agree more with her statement. A good example would be if you purchase a Rolex watch it will only have 24 hours a day just like any other knock off brand watch, it will not add another hour to your day or squeeze more time in your life. That’s just how life is we tend to buy expensive things to fill up the empty spaces we have inside of