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BE HAPPY:
(Sent by: Aqsa Ali, India)
When I was growing up, money was always an issue. I saw
my parents toiling away at their jobs for decades trying to
make enough to pay for the mortgage and feed three kids. My
parents never complained and seemed happy even though
we didn’t have a lot.
I’m now the age my parents were when they started
out. Unlike them, I don’t have any mouths to feed,
I don’t have a mortgage to pay, and I fortunately
have a job with a better than average salary. From an
outsider’s perspective I should be very happy, but in fact
I’m not. Here’s why.
Money is a funny thing. You think that by having it
you’ll be happy. Once you start making some and
realize it’s not making you happy, you think maybe
it’s because you don’t have enough. So you trade
your time for money, sometimes working at a job you don’t
even like to make more money.
As time goes on you realize you’ve been spending more
and more time at work. Family and friends wonder why
you don’t call them anymore. As you climb up the
corporate ladder you feel more stress and anxiety
than you did before. You find you don’t sleep so well
anymore. You find the stress that accompanies the work
more than what you bargained for. Also, the cost of keeping
up with the lifestyle is starting to add up and you’re not
making as much as you thought you would be. Meanwhile,
you’re worried about losing the few friends you have because
you’re earning more money than they are. Coworkers think
you have it all and that you must be happy. If only
that were true.
Only you can control your
happiness, money can’t buy
that for you.
SHORT & EFFECTIVE