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Post by lucia on Jan 17, 2016 15:04:27 GMT
I agree! It's easy to think that money can help us pursue happiness and by watching rich people enjoying their luxurious life in movies, we end up convincing ourselves that money can solve everything. Money does not enhance our quality of life. I believe that through examining our lives for self-improvement, forming and maintaining healthy relationships with others, and practicing our virtues, we can bring happiness and prosperity into our lives.
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Post by melody on Jan 17, 2016 15:24:24 GMT
Agreeing with Regy, he's right that money mainly brings the stability to someone's (actually most people) life. Also, it's really hard to maintain a life without money. This is just my personal opinion but my satisfaction relates with money a lot. Satisfactions such as college, house, clothes are all related with money. Of course, there's a lot of satisfactions that I cannot fulfill with money however, I still think if we don't have money, we're not even be able to maintain an ordinary life just like other people. Even the education I get provided and the school I go to all relates with money. If we didn't have money, we wouldn't even be discussing about these kinds of topics with each other. There are going to be things that cannot be handled by money, however, we need to have money in order to fulfill our basic lifestyle.
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Post by Jooyoung on Jan 22, 2016 23:04:44 GMT
I think it is our mentality that makes a good and happy life. If you have good self-esteem and view the world with positivity, you are more than likely to live a happy life. This can be proven scientifically. When you truly believe you are happy, your body produces neurotransmitter that triggers happiness!
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Post by riyadh on Jan 24, 2016 9:44:00 GMT
what makes life is good .. is having the things that keep you doing and looking good . is like having things that might another people don't have can be an example .people and feelings make your life happy or not things make your life good but it will be great if it mixed with feelings so it became a happy life .. do not ask me what am saying because I even do not know but that what I had on my mind ...
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Post by Jessica (Yeeun) Kim on Jan 24, 2016 11:18:45 GMT
When someone hear the question like "What makes a good life and happy?", they might answer money make them good lives. However, I believe some people might say "No" because not all riches live happily ever after. For my opinion, I partly agree that money makes me a good life and happy, in another hand, I think money also can cause possessiveness.
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Post by erickim on Jan 24, 2016 14:01:51 GMT
I do agree that money and fame brings only satisfaction but not happiness. Being happy means to actually wake up and be happy about things you will do that day not how you will spend your money. However, if you wisely use your money/fame, then sure it can bring you tons of happiness.
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Post by anniee on Jan 24, 2016 14:41:32 GMT
As others before me have mentioned, fame and money are not requirements of happiness. There are plenty of people who find satisfaction with their current lives, even if they may not be rich and famous movie stars or millionaires. Though well-reputed in both the acting and stand-up comedy industry, Robin Williams committed suicide after suffering from severe depression and Lewy Body Dementia. Renown actress Angelina Jolie became the weight of a middle-schooler from anxiety, worrying her her husband Brad Pitt so much that he even said that he would divorce her if she didn't gain some pounds back.
Finding happiness through non-monetary means reminds me of a Korean film that came out last year. In the movie "Wonderful Nightmare", the main character thought she had the perfect life: no familial strings attached, money, success, reputation, and respect. However, she died prematurely and was given a chance to live a month in another woman's life. This other female was a housewife with a loving husband and two children, but they were extremely poor. Though she rejected them at first, the protagonist learned to appreciate the importance of family and empathy in one's life. One scene that stood out to me was a comparison of her past and changed self: in the beginning, she told a rape victim of a company heir to just drop the charges because she would have to live with that title if it came out to the press, but later on when it almost happened to her own 'daughter', she realized the grave mistake she had made. She shouldn't have chosen her own prosperity over another's trauma.
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Post by jungseunghoon16 on Jan 29, 2016 11:41:10 GMT
I don't necessarily think that money and fame is just utility or something to measure happiness with. I personally think that money and fame is a shortcut to happiness. As Jay mentioned, at the same time, living in poverty means unhappiness, or less happy than a wealthy man. Wealth gives you more opportunities such as experiencing new technology, good education, good food, fame, satisfaction, and most importantly, the interaction between people. There is a saying in Korea where it states, "people hangout together in similar cluncooles." I think this is why a lot of Korean parents pressure us to go to good colleges because if you go to a good college, it will give you the opportunity to interact with other wealthy, rich both in money and knowledge, and people that would help you throughout your life. After all, we all are happy with money. Who wouldn't be happy with more money? Money is a source of never ending jealousy and happiness.
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