We often hear this idea about money and happiness passed around in modern society. This idea that money is not the key to happiness, and, in fact, that money does not really matter at all. Our society has embraced this idea that money is unimportant. We even tell ourselves the desire for it is inherently wrong.
I find this is especially perpetuated among poor people, who seem to fear and loathe money and then wonder why it runs from them. They tell themselves it is bad so they don't have to worry so much about not having it, but then they spend their lives always worrying about it, living from bill to bill and enduring stress as a result.
When it hits their hands, it often disappears even faster.
But think about a family who cannot feed their children...does money matter to them? Think about a woman who cannot buy her child the operation needed to save his heart and his life? Does money matter to her?
If you think about it, the whole world, the entire system and all systems within, completely revolve on and are fueled by money. What is the catch? How did this happen?
A recent article published in Times Magazine reported the findings of a recent study at Princeton University that indicates the unhappiest people make less than $75,000 a year and the lower you are beneath that mark, the less happy you are. And while the findings suggested that making more than $75,000 didn't equate to more day to day happiness, it does improve your satisfaction about how successful you are in your direction and purpose. It's another kind of happiness, but it is still happiness.
This idea that money does not matter and that there is no link between money and happiness is a myth