How Much Money Do You Need to Be Happy?
 

Mr. Prasad, it may never be enough. http://www.tamilbrahmins.com/images/smilies/smile.png

But seriously, money (and earning of it) may have other uses other than buying happiness. It appears Bill Gates and Warren Buffet still do not mind earning money. I think they may view it is a measure of ones productivity, and then use it to do greater good.

I fully agree with you. Some times money does not bring happiness, but it raises the comfort level to the extend that you can think outside of your basic needs.

Dear Sri Prasad1 Ji,

Money can not buy happiness. In fact it can bring quite a bit of unhappiness in the hands of people who do not know how to use it. If one uses it properly it increases one's options while increasing expectations at the same time and again it is up to the individual to manage both.

I have seen many many poor folks around the world, who have achieved happiness with their knowledge of how to be content with what they have.

Regards,
KRS

I was born into debt (long story) and took more on for college so when I can honestly say I have even $0 (instead of negative $) I will be pretty happy!

I have realized that the lesser people earn the more they spend cos they have lots of desires.
Being contented is what really counts.
I have come to realize over these years that most people spend and purchase stuff to impress others.

Interesting. I would agree on many levels. Particularly on WHAT they spend on but I do not know if one socio-economic class is more prone than another. Things like education and opportunity come into play as well which skews everything. In the neighborhood I grew up in we all received government assistance. Our parents were all complete messes as well and spent money on booze and worthless stuff. Most of us (except for a few) went on to perpetuate that behavior. Most of my people never finished High School and spent many years in prisons etc. Discipline is something you will rarely see amongst the poor in America. It is a heartbreaking reality for sure but I am not sure whether it's a function of money, culture, education, or all of the above.

Money cannot buy you anything...Can it get you the health...Today Warren Buffet one of the Top 3 wealthiest in the world has been diagnosed with Cancer...Earlier too money could not save Steve Jobs the legendary founder of Apple
I remember the following saying:
If wealth is lost, nothing is lost; if health is lost, something is lost; if character is lost, all is lost

If one's basic needs are covered (food, clothing,shelter & medicines) then beyond this money cannot bring happiness...

money that can give satiation is yet to come in life of human, he is never satisfied, the wants are different until he realises that happiness is not in materialistic world, but in other places like, even a pet trying to get your attention is richness in my account, i have never been impressed with more money around than what is necessary, the rest is just waste one hankers behind and regrets later, people actually do not live while earning a lot but realise this very late...sunkan

Namaste vgane,

That's pretty awesome, thank you! Is it a Tamil saying? If so can you post the script? No worries if you can't

Shanti!

Great men of the past never viewed Death as a Loss.
Ramakrishna Paramahansa still went on with life despite Cancer and preached till His death.
For them Death is just a transition however painful the process of dying might be.

When money is anticipated and when it arrives brings along with it a sense of accomplishment, it does bring momentary happiness.
Happiness from money cannot be sustained, since it needs higher and higher dose to achieve the same level next time.

BS,
It is a English saying...Not Tamil...Author is an American clergyman-Billy Graham...Born in 1918

Do you know what is the asking rate for getting an approval for an organ transplant?
Are you aware what the doctors who preach to the patients in a private clinic about the urgency to do angioplasts and by-pass worry about first when you meet them at the Govt Hospital?

Money cant give you health perhaps, but today you cant get back to health if you cant part with it.

Money begets money. Wants are not satiable - Adamsmith. Human nature is that we always go for higher and the best. For example when we travel in IIA/C (suppose our capacity is that) we ache for going by flight. When we go by car we wish to go by BMW car etc. etc. Happiness is a state of mind and is changing every moment.

Dear sir,

It does not really matter whether we travel by B.M.W or C.O.W as long as we get there.
In a traffic jam even B.M.W has to wait..but C.O.W will somehow go ahead.

http://www.tamilbrahmins.com/images/smilies/clap2.gifhttp://www.tamilbrahmins.com/images/smilies/clap2.gifvery good thinking but difficult to implement.

Mom COW is not allowed in cities like kolkata and we cannot ride on that also. Red cross willhttp://www.tamilbrahmins.com/images/smilies/laser.gif sue u.

No, Its the journey that matters. The choice of BMW or COW is based on the journey and what you encounter on the way, and not based on the destination.. ha ha

I once travelled by bus in India where I only got the last seat long seat at the back and each time the bus went over some pot hole or the other you will be thrown up and almost thrown off the seat.

Somehow we girls manage not to fall off but some guys in the nearby seat kept falling on us girls till we had to push them off.