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By: heaps!

heaps! — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:13:12 +0000

I think the best part of the post is how you separated peace and contentment. ALthough I might disagree with this just a bit (maybe it is just the wording) it gives a clear understanding and fine line in what money can and cannot buy.

In regards to contentment, I think money can buy it depending on the person. If a person is very good at practicing self control and learning to appreciate what he or she has in life, then money can definitely buy content. Money can make a person very comfortable in life knowing that he or she has the basic necessities, no matter what income level they are at.

Appreciating the things that you have rather than wishing for the unnecessary commodities that you neighbor has is key. I believe the biggest reason people are never satisfied with what they have is because they always compare themselves to others, whether their neighbors, brothers, or co-workers. If you can take out this need to compare, content will definitely come in regards to how much money you have.

Sorry for the rambling, but with that said, it is easier for the person making more than their neighbors to be content, rather than to be the one making less than everyone else.

Nonetheless, you have a great insight on what money can buy in one’s life.

Cheers,
Wahid

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:16:55 +0000

All very true. I think that poverty can make you miserable but there is a limit to what wealth can achieve.

I’ve known (worked for) business owners that were very wealthy, but they could not take the time for a holiday with their family. Totally mad in my opinion.

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By: Budgeting in the Fun Stuff

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:22:46 +0000

Because money can buy options and give security, I see it as buying happiness and contentment. Seeing as my husband and I are both HUGE on needing financial security, in a way, our mutual fiscal philosophies helped us love each other too, lol…but that’s stretching it a bit. I’ll give you that money can’t buy true love or respect.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:30:57 +0000

I would like to argue that for some people, money can buy happiness.

I think joy is a more appropriate term to use in your post. Joy, to me, is the feeling that you experience when you walk your daughter down the aisle, when you hold your grandchild for the first time, or when you are with your loved ones. The joys of life are the overwhelmingly positive moments that shape your life and can not be bought or boxed or shipped. Joy cannot be measured by time or cost, but by the lasting affect it can leave on our minds. Joy makes you happy inside, every time you think about it.

Money can not buy Joy, but happiness is a different story. Happiness is more of a day-to-day, satisfaction derived emotion. If we are satisfied with our lives, we are generally happy people. If I can buy myself a motorcycle to satisfy my want for speed, a painting to satisfy my love for art, or a new house to satisfy my families needs, then money can sure too buy happiness.

Ask any person living paycheck to paycheck about the most joyous time of their life. And then, follow up by asking them if their heart and soul glows every payday like it did at that time. They may respond with a funny look. But I bet they would say that payday brings them happiness because they can finally go out and get the things to satisfy their everyday needs, wants and desires.

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