Imagine two people of equal happiness. Now, imagine one of them winning a lottery. I am guessing that the person that won the lottery might have a better and happier day that day. Yet, I also feel that if two people of exact same equal status, and then one of them went bankrupt and lost their money, I bet they would be pretty sad and depressed. Happiness can be gained with money, and it can also be lost with money. It is all in perspective. Sometimes giving someone 5 dollars to buy footlong from subway can create happiness. So yes, I feel that money can create happiness, just in an indirect way from what people think
That’s why in all the sitcoms they have a rich person that is pretty sad. They don’t do this to make people feel sorry for financially firm people, rather than it is something that can happen. As crazy as it sounds, rich people are people too. Everyone is the same on the inside in a way.
The final thing I can think of is donations and alms. Everyone says you need to donate to help the poor. I think that donating is a great thing to do. The real reason why I think we should donate is because the benevolent feelings we achieve from giving away money. It is selfish, but for the right reasons. You could spend 5 dollars on something to make yourself feel a little better, but you could spend that 5 dollars on someone else to make them feel better. So the end result is making them feel better, and you feel a little bit better yourself. So rather then being 100% happy yourself, you are say.. 50% happier, and the other person is 100% happier. That’s 150% increase in total, rather then 100%.
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