Yes, money can buy happiness..., BUT...
Was thinking about this topic lately and think that there is some truth to the rhetorical question if indeed $$$ can buy happiness, BUT with caveats of course.
Its like asking if $$$ can buy water, if its just the basic necessity of water (mineral; water in Singapore)- the answer is yes- just S$1 will still probably get you a small bottle of water in many places today (mama stall, not restaurant). But say adrift/ shipwrecked on a deserted island, a 1 kg gold bar would probably be of no help in your attainment of fresh water (/survival).
Similarly happiness, if one is just out for the more banal/ boorish kinds of 'happiness' such as that attained from e.g. sex, food, entertainment, gambling etc- then yes- such is mostly attainable in a cosmopolitan city such as Singapore.
If however, one desires true enduring happiness that is derivative from e.g. spirituality: e.g. confidence about issues of the after life, a deep and loving relationship in a heterosexual relationship (biblical standard type)- then like the instance of the man shipwrecked on a deserted island- there are many other factors to consider wrt his survivability: was preparation for a ship wreck made: emergency supplies, GPS tracking, contact with loved-ones, emergency communications equipment n power supply etc etc...
So this is my point:
Money can buy happiness, but sometimes also at a high cost. (e.g. visiting Geylang prostitute for cheap 'service' and then getting HIV thereafter or getting gambling addiction from casino 'investments' and then having no family thereafter (divorce, separation etc)).
Some resources U might like (from Google search, but I have not fully scrutinized yet), think they say basically the same thing, in more words that is...
Can Money Buy Happiness? | SparkPeople
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Money, happiness, quality, love, marriage, spirit, 1 John 4:8 , religion,
Was thinking about this topic lately and think that there is some truth to the rhetorical question if indeed $$$ can buy happiness, BUT with caveats of course.
Its like asking if $$$ can buy water, if its just the basic necessity of water (mineral; water in Singapore)- the answer is yes- just S$1 will still probably get you a small bottle of water in many places today (mama stall, not restaurant). But say adrift/ shipwrecked on a deserted island, a 1 kg gold bar would probably be of no help in your attainment of fresh water (/survival).
Similarly happiness, if one is just out for the more banal/ boorish kinds of 'happiness' such as that attained from e.g. sex, food, entertainment, gambling etc- then yes- such is mostly attainable in a cosmopolitan city such as Singapore.
If however, one desires true enduring happiness that is derivative from e.g. spirituality: e.g. confidence about issues of the after life, a deep and loving relationship in a heterosexual relationship (biblical standard type)- then like the instance of the man shipwrecked on a deserted island- there are many other factors to consider wrt his survivability: was preparation for a ship wreck made: emergency supplies, GPS tracking, contact with loved-ones, emergency communications equipment n power supply etc etc...
So this is my point:
Money can buy happiness, but sometimes also at a high cost. (e.g. visiting Geylang prostitute for cheap 'service' and then getting HIV thereafter or getting gambling addiction from casino 'investments' and then having no family thereafter (divorce, separation etc)).
Some resources U might like (from Google search, but I have not fully scrutinized yet), think they say basically the same thing, in more words that is...
Can Money Buy Happiness? | SparkPeople
Tags:
Money, happiness, quality, love, marriage, spirit, 1 John 4:8 , religion,
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