Money doesn't guarantee happiness.

[justdimin]

Many problems that can makes someone commit to suicide without wanting to share their problem to their relatives. Maybe they feels that their relatives can not helps them to solve their problem so they still keeps the problem for themselves. Rich people will have many problems that poor problems because their network is wide and they must knows everything about their business and their relationships.

But if someone who calm down his minds and can thinks clear if he have a problem, he will not do any bad things for his life. He will trying to solve the problem and he really understand that is not about money. He also knows that money does not guarantee happiness but money is neutral and the use will depends on each people.

When someone can use money properly without any problem while he is a rich person, he can balance his life without thinks that money is the root of evil. We should learn to have a clear of minds in our life so we don't have to feels any problem comes to us. Well, we have a problem but we can solve it without gives a bad effect our life or our relatives. Not all things can be bought by money.

The hardest thing about seeing people like this, is that you may never know beforehand. Most people out there who put on a strong face, and that makes it harder for people to see if that would work or not, and this causes a lot of trouble for a lot of people as well.

Because we can't see if they are hurting inside or not, because we see them having no trouble when we talk to them, we never understand their pain and they never seek help so they never get better. If only people would be brave enough to say that they have some trouble, so they could seek professional help and get better. Just recently I have spoken with psychologists to talk about my financial issues, it made me feel a bit better, gave me courage, and I am feeling better thanks to that.

[Xcode7]

You have a point. Money does not guarantee happiness but it serve as one of the tool that make life easier to some people and to some people who have go through alot in the area of financial needs they see money as something that guarantee happiness.
It's a different folks different strokes

Of all the elements, we cannot be separated from needs, even though money can fulfill all of ourbut with money we can buy it  in fact happiness can be obtained from other things, it's important that we can be wiser in looking at money, but it's useless if we have a lot of money but have a disease that doesn't can be cured, it seems the main key is that we have to be grateful a lot, and I see people who have a lot of money,they look like they have a lot on their minds  and are not satisfied with what they get because happiness can be obtained simply depending on how we interpret it.

Most people will never be satisfied with what they get, even rich people will continue to work hard to get more money so money indicators do not guarantee happiness, I really agree.
And it's true, that people's happiness is different and of course being grateful for what they have got is the beginning of that happiness. In my opinion, the rest is a good environment and health are reasons to be happy.
Regarding needs that will arise along with desires due to environmental factors, they will vary.

[Mauser]

 If money could guarantee someone peace of mind, then the man in person would've spent half of what he's acquired to find peace but what we was going through was beyond his wealth, and he's a prove that one can have all the billions and still not get peace or happiness. I might be wrong though but what's your opinion?

Money is not a guarantee for happiness, but it's definitely a helpful tool to achieve happiness. Assuming you have two identical people then I would argue that the one with money is going to be happier than the one without money. Not having to save money every day and wondering how you are going to afford all your essential items in the next week is reducing stress a lot and is going to make life easier, which in return should lead to happiness. Also 2.9m USD in today's world is not really that rich anymore. You might be able to retire early, but depending on the size of your family bills will keep piling up and it might be hard to make a difference for everybody. With that money you could probably buy a nice house for yourself and your parents, a nice car and some great vacation, after that there won't be so much money left. Alternatively, you could generate 4-5% almost risk-free return and live of the interest. And then there are things that money can't buy, like health for you and your family. The best approach is to live a happy life independent of money and to not make it our main goal in life. 

[shinratensei_]

Happiness come from within, the money is a tool to fulfill your heart desires, it's as simple as that, there are so much more people getting depressed due to lacking financially than millionaire who gets depressed due to some other thing other than financial.
literally so many people entangled in poverty ending their life due to outside pressure and no one bats an eye, and when the opposite doing the same thing it seemed to make a headline on the news.

to tell the truth, money matters and often times it is what can make you happy though doesn't necessarily means it will guarantee you happiness but it's always better having money to go to holiday even though still feeling depressed than depressed and having no money at all.

[Iranus]

Money doesn't guarantee happiness.

Money does not guarantee happiness, but without money you will certainly not find happiness, so as _act_ said, it is better to be rich than poor without happiness.

There are many cases where many people are very rich but do not feel happy because they make money illegally, sell their conscience, and even sell their relatives in exchange for wealth. But if you know how to balance everything in life between money and relationships in life, I believe that when you are rich you will be the happiest person in the world. Happiness is when you achieve balance in life, not just money, especially dirty money never brings you happiness.

I have to disagree when you said without money one will certainly not find happiness. That is actually not true because a lot of poor people in the provinces do live happily despite of their low earnings and simple lifestyle. One will be certainly happy if he finds contentment in his life, otherwise those who keep longing for what they don’t have will never find happiness and peace of mind. Life’s happiness is about living in balance, and accepting the reality that some things are not meant for you to have.

They truly feel happiness will be completely different from accepting and resigning to their fate. I also come from a remote countryside, even my maternal hometown has only had electricity for a few years. People have very simple lives and always laugh happily every day, but if you ask them if they want to be rich, want to eat well, dress beautifully, use an iPhone...Everyone wants to have those things but they don't have the opportunity to touch those things. Or when they see children in the city having a full life, they also dream that their children will also have such a life in the future and escape the current poverty.

Obviously they are accepting their current life because they have no other choice, but if given the chance, they will find a way to leave that life. If they are truly happy with life there, they will never want to leave. Not to mention, when you are sick, you will see how important the power of money is and that is the reason why many people gradually leave the countryside for the city.

[barisbilgili]

Happiness come from within, the money is a tool to fulfill your heart desires, it's as simple as that, there are so much more people getting depressed due to lacking financially than millionaire who gets depressed due to some other thing other than financial.
literally so many people entangled in poverty ending their life due to outside pressure and no one bats an eye, and when the opposite doing the same thing it seemed to make a headline on the news.

to tell the truth, money matters and often times it is what can make you happy though doesn't necessarily means it will guarantee you happiness but it's always better having money to go to holiday even though still feeling depressed than depressed and having no money at all.

If we look broadly then no conclusions can be drawn, there are rich people who commit suicide and the same goes for poor people but it cannot be denied that money has a big role in fostering a sense of happiness in life, at least if we have a lot of money it will Avoid depression due to situations that will have an impact on happiness.
So I cannot deny that money is an indicator that has a big influence in life in determining whether you are happy or not.

[Jchris50]

You are right but it is better to be rich than to be poor.

Exactly. But sometimes we the other side of it too, even the rich suffer great sickness wish money can not solve, but my problem for law class no matter how hard it is don't go into evil just to be rich for not all that are rich that's is clean and have rest of mine..

We often see the rich taking their own lives or just doing some self destructive things and that’s because they never had to fight for survival like how the poor did. The poor people had to scrape and work in order to eat and they are not going to throw away the life they worked so hard for.

Unlike the rich who were probably already rich from the moment they were born and did not have to undergo challenges in life. I am aware that this might not be the case for everyone but it certainly is the case for most.

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[Huppercase]

If money could guarantee someone peace of mind, then the man in person would've spent half of what he's acquired to find peace but what we was going through was beyond his wealth, and he's a prove that one can have all the billions and still not get peace or happiness. I might be wrong though but what's your opinion?

https://twitter.com/NigeriaStories/status/1806079250367160676?t=J5L6ELum5DCe2TJDHeo-pw&s=19

The title didn't suit the story, if you have been a fan of e-commerce like Konga and Jumia, there is more to what happened and why he committed suicide and it's not because money can't buy happiness, he wasn't prepared for what is coming and was weak to continue the struggle about his company.

There was time infinix and Tecno company first came to Nigeria, that was when Nokia began to fold in Africa, these tech companies made a big partnership with Konga, was then the biggest e-commerce company in Africa then and they were helping people but and distribute this phone items across many places in Nigeria, other people started selling in this e-commerce but after a while, the Phone companies started opening stores across the states in Nigeria and the e-commerce didn't see much sales again.

When Covid came, a lot of businesses where affected and he was change as the CEO to another person but despite that, Jumia(another e-commerce) has taken over and ever since then, Konga has not been the same again and I was surprised he took his own life days ago. A lot of media thinks the competition in business line is the reason why took his own life because he was fustraded and not that he didn't see happiness about his life and his account balance, life can complicated sometimes.

[Sha Dad]

Though there is a saying that says money is the root of all evils., *How is it root of all evils
Firstly * You see your old friend Driving Lamborghini and you don't even have a bicycle if you are not courageous enough you will find an illicit ways to become like him. Where as you have forgotten there is a lots of ways to be a successful in this life.

[Sha Dad]

I came across a news flash on the media, it was so heartbreaking however it prompted me to create this topic and I'll like us to have a debate on it here in the forum. A Nigerian busines tycoon and the former CEO of Konga (an online store) took his own life, news have it that he jumped from the roof of his house, after calling his brother in the U.S to inform him of how to distribute his wealth.

 Well, i surfed the net to know his worth and discovered that he's worth about roughly $2.9m. You'll be wondering why a young and wealthy man of about 45 years, would decide to take his own life even after acquiring such wealth, i know many would think he's selfish he didn't consider his family, this and that but that's not the topic of the day, what I think is that one could have billions and several other assets but still find it difficult to have peace of mind.

 If money could guarantee someone peace of mind, then the man in person would've spent half of what he's acquired to find peace but what we was going through was beyond his wealth, and he's a prove that one can have all the billions and still not get peace or happiness. I might be wrong though but what's your opinion?

https://twitter.com/NigeriaStories/status/1806079250367160676?t=J5L6ELum5DCe2TJDHeo-pw&s=19

Have you ever look at it towards this direction?
There is a poor man who hardly eat two square meal in a day with good health and his in his late 60. Suddenly had an opportunity of $100,000. He invested in some business after just 2 years an armed rivers came to his house to transfer all is saving to them and sign all is asset to them or else they will kill him. Instantly he said I will rather die than go back to poverty and at least my children will not suffer again, and he struggle him self do death. So what did you think ?

[Bitstar_coin]

Poverty does not guarantee happiness either, in fact,  happiness is mostly personal creativity. What makes Mr A happy may not be the happiness of Mr B.
Some people find happiness through making money and being able to leave the life they desire. Others find happiness in none materialistic ways.
To me, being happy depends on how you perceive life and handle your situation whether you have money or not.
If you are contented you will be happy regardless of your net worth.

[YOSHIE]

Money doesn't guarantee happiness.

It depends on where you get the money from and where you use it.
What makes someone happy is not money, they are the ones who can make themselves happy, Money is a means of sustaining life and as a means of facilitating human activities.
They have a lot of money and are rich, it is a bridge for them, for example: buying a car is fulfilled, buying food is fulfilled, buying other things to fulfill their life is fulfilled and so on.

Happiness lies in gratitude, they are grateful for what they have, that is where happiness lies, many people live not rich, just barely, but their lives are happy and vice versa, What can make you happy is yourself, not money, money is only symbolic for you wanting something in this world, happiness is in your soul, not in money.

[GiftedMAN]

At the long run I think lack of money becomes the root of all evil but what money can not do I believe more money will do it.

Money does not bring happiness in a problem where the solution is not money but money guarantee peace and happiness when you have a problem that can easily be solved with money. In the case of the tragic death of the konga CEO, I the main cause of his death is still unknown but since he took his life by himself I assume that it is something that has to do with his mental health and not money because he is not poor, let's wait till the cause of his death is made public before concluding if he wasn't happy with all the money he has got.

[eightdots]

I have to tell you something though, as much as money doesn't buy happiness, what you buy that needs money is definitely the one that's going to get you that happiness and satisfaction that you're looking for, maybe the peace of mind that you're going to get out of money you're earning is enough of a guarantee that you're happy. Maybe we're so distracted of the things that we want to do that we're so ungrateful of what we have right now, it's all right to be chasing stuff little by little so I'm sure that things will eventually go your way, money isn't the real reason why you're sad, it's probably you and the people around you that's making you sad and miserable.

Making money means achieving something and this is the reason for happiness. Some feelings can change from day to day, so we should not be too precise about this issue. We can sometimes act callous to achieve our goals. This is behavior we should not do. Money does not guarantee happiness, but it is necessary.

If we work hard and move towards our goals, we can definitely achieve success one day. The things that make people unhappy are different for everyone. It is necessary to analyze this and do something to change the things that cause unhappiness.

[Jody.Drummer]

Most people will never be satisfied with what they get, even rich people will continue to work hard to get more money so money indicators do not guarantee happiness, I really agree.
And it's true, that people's happiness is different and of course being grateful for what they have got is the beginning of that happiness. In my opinion, the rest is a good environment and health are reasons to be happy.
Regarding needs that will arise along with desires due to environmental factors, they will vary.

those who are rich already have a lot of money, of course that doesn't mean they just keep quiet, they also have to keep looking for a source of income because of course their finances won't last well by always being there without a source of income, of course their finances will run out, especially if they cannot manage their finances well, which means their finances will always be disorganized. Money does not guarantee happiness because even though everything requires money, not everything can be bought with money.

Apart from that, everyone's happiness is different, but that doesn't mean they don't need money. Even though money is said to not guarantee happiness, everyone needs money, apart from surviving, it is also to buy what they want, it can even make them happy by buying what they want. we live in the real world which really needs money to survive, especially now that everything has become expensive, sometimes many people are willing to do crazy things that endanger themselves just to get money, the aim of which is to meet their needs, therefore we have to try to get money and be grateful for it. what you already have and get.

[Gladitorcomeback]

Money does not bring happiness in a problem where the solution is not money but money guarantee peace and happiness when you have a problem that can easily be solved with money. In the case of the tragic death of the konga CEO, I the main cause of his death is still unknown but since he took his life by himself I assume that it is something that has to do with his mental health and not money because he is not poor, let's wait till the cause of his death is made public before concluding if he wasn't happy with all the money he has got.

Money was probably not the reason why he committed suicide because he already had enough, the reason must be having no mental or moral support maybe from family or something, or it could have something to do with his relationship like his wife or girlfriend or something because we often see people killing themselves in such matters which is foolish but we can't say anything.

I believe people who commit suicide are weak mentally, no matter how rich or blessed they are, they aren't able to control their emotions or have any idea about managing stress or how they can deal with problems. Someone who can't handle their problems or have the ability to deal with them will reach such conclusions even if they have a lot of money or everything one could ask for in their lives.

[skarais]

Happiness can be had by anyone no matter how much money they have or how little, what matters is grateful. If someone is never grateful for what they currently have, then of course happiness will be difficult for them to feel. He puts more desires into achieving, he is motivated to make them happen and this makes him feel unhappy.

I think money is just a supporting factor, but money can support more happiness if they know how to spend it properly. Human lust is never satisfied, if it is satisfied then there is a greater desire that becomes their next target. Happiness is simple, but money is not a guarantee that you will be happy.

[redsun114]

I don't agree with the "money can't you happiness" shit because I have seen life and I know how it is to live without money. Some people say that money can't buy you relationships and you can't live a happy life in loneliness and I say it's not true, the world we live in, it's only money that can keep people together for longer because can't stay happy with your relationships if there is no money available in the middle because even relationships have requirements that you need to fulfill and gaps start to increase when you can't fulfill those requirements.

Those who take their lives because of mental pressure are weak, they can't take any pressure or know any way to release pressure, and it has nothing to do with money or anything, but in general, we can't say that money can't buy happiness or anything because most of the things that make you happy in the world today only require money.

[Nothingtodo]

Money can't keep people happy but it should also be remembered that people can't be happy without money. Happiness does not depend on how much money a person has or does not have, but happiness is when a person is mentally satisfied with what he has. There are many people who can't feel happy despite having millions or billions of money or there are people who are content with what they have despite not having money. So the criterion of happiness does not depend on money or lack of money but on emotional satisfaction.

[Marvell1]

Money can't keep people happy but it should also be remembered that people can't be happy without money. Happiness does not depend on how much money a person has or does not have, but happiness is when a person is mentally satisfied with what he has. There are many people who can't feel happy despite having millions or billions of money or there are people who are content with what they have despite not having money. So the criterion of happiness does not depend on money or lack of money but on emotional satisfaction.

I see a contradiction in your statement. Above you said that people cannot be happy without money, but then you said that human happiness depends on emotional satisfaction even without money.

For me, happiness is when we balance our lives such as family, friends, work...but one thing we need to admit is that all of those factors are related to money. So in my opinion, money and happiness are closely related. A lot of money may not make us happy, but if we know how to use that money properly to give ourselves what we need, we will be happy. Whether money brings happiness or not, it all depends on how we own and use it.