Does Money Buy Happiness??
Seems very difficult to come to particular conclusion !
I have read few research carried out by some education institution on above topic but none of research is strongly supporting this.
Many research conducted among extremely rich and poor people saying that happiness level in rich people was more than people are poor. So Researchers concluded that richer people have more happiness.
But on the other side researches are saying that happiness is depends on the how individual are achieving his or her goal in day to day life.If person is successful in achieving his/her goal then they found more satisfactory & happy than those who fails to attain their goal.There may be thousands of such research which is contradicting each other on above topic.
What i feel is :
I am supporting second research which says happiness is depends on how individual achieves his/her goals.
Every individual have there own set of goal may be rich people have higher standard of goal & poor people have lower standard of goal or vise a versa. They may be happy if they attain their establish goals. Money always not be a factor in achieving individual's goal, it’s solely depends on the type of goal he/she has set.
It’s up to every individual that from where he/she is getting happiness. It may happen that richest people may have everything but he/she does not have physical fitness and they are striving for the same. And at other end poor people may have all the physical fitness but he doesn’t have Good Home, Car, money etc.
So happiness is depends on what you are striving for???? Is it attainable to you or its far away from you ? ..... Unless and until you don't get what you are striving for you are not happy person in this world. So more far you are from your goal, unhappier you are.
So please be realistic & set your goal according to the ground reality and surrounding environment in which you are living. Don't set goals which are next to impossible (I am not talking about "impossible" but "next to impossible"). So please be realistic while setting your goal.
Other thing I would like to mention which play very critical role in one's happiness is his/her social relationship (it includes relation with wife, parents, children, friends, relatives etc.). I have heard from many of my friends saying that wife/husband is playing very important role in one's happiness, up to what extent she/he understands you? , co-operates you in taking joint decisions?So success mantra of one's life is “to find good wife “. So start hunting for one who fits in your own criteria.
"It's much better advice, if you're looking for happiness in life, to try to find the right husband or wife rather than trying to double your salary."
Yes money can definitely buy material happiness there is no doubt in that, but material happiness is not everything. What plays more important role in one’s happiness is, one's social relation. Not having good relation (environment) at home can be a reason of depression & stress which are the biggest enemy of one’s happiness. Due to this stress & depression it may happen that it hampers your natural creativity & that can be a reason you earn less money and that makes you unhappy.
Its cycle you know.
Not having good social relation (environment) -> stress/depression/tension -> hamper creativity -> less money (than expected) -> unhappy life
(This will again spoil social relations)
And above cycle is goes on and on and on….. Forever.
One solution to be happy in this world is “To maintain Balance between personal and professional life". Person who learns to play this “Balance Game” would be the happier than who fails to learn.
What I feel is “happiness is directly proportional to one’s satisfaction level”.
But
“ Human is a social animal and who never get satisfied with whatever he/she has, they always want something more than what they have.
“ Yeh Dil Mange More !”
If I support my above statement then there would not be single person in this world who is fully satisfied and so would not be happiest.
I always ask one question to the people whom I meet “Is there any one alive who is happiest & satisfied all the way in this world?”
I am asking you "What you have to say on this???"
Regards
RAJESH SUVERA