So You Think Money Can Buy Happiness...?

Skiing or the Caribbean? Well…we went skiing in the Swiss Alps for Christmas break so how about Bora Bora for spring break. Sometimes it feels like everyone always has more than you. Many people believe that the more money you have the better, happier, more perfect life you lead. Having more money looks better on the outside. Clothes, they have the best. Accessories, so many options. They can live anywhere in any home; usually there is more than one. Being able to buy a new car at the drop of a hat, again, usually more than one. Brand names and high prices is what the rich live for. Is beauty on the outside really happiness on the inside? To the average person living a modest lifestyle, the life of the rich looks easy. Perhaps their bias comes from jealousy, envy or ignorance. From their bias comes dislike toward the wealthy that may actually be nice people. There is a tendency to make rude remarks, jokes or comments about what the rich are perceived to have. Do most wealthy people have material items? Yes. I understand that the outward appearance of the wealthy makes it seem that there are never any problems and life is perfect. I also understand that being wealthy doesn’t make someone automatically good, bad, happy, rude, etc. You can’t like everyone but you don’t know who someone truly is until you get to know them. Why let where someone lives and what he or she wears determine what potentially lies on the inside.