Money and true happiness
According to Choi Tuck Wo in his London Log published in The Star on 22nd October 2009, money may not necessarily be evil but the craving for it certainly seems so.
What we see around us is the power of money – it drives the world.
It is a double-edged sword: can be used to achieve good or bad.
Choi wrote that many street vagrants in London, given a choice, would accept money rather than food.
But money does not buy happiness, for Britons in London at least. The city has everything money can buy but the country is far behind fellow Europeans France and Spain when it comes to quality of life.
Annually, Londoners earn more than GBP10,000 more than the average European.
True happiness comes from within and depends on one’s perception: there are many depressed rich people.
Rich people who need to lose weight can afford to purchase all the weight loss products they need, but once they reach that ideal weight, it does not guarantee them a true and lasting happiness.
The old adage still holds true: true happiness is being in the company of one’s loved ones: friends and family. That can be interpreted as: money’s only worth it if it can be shared in a meaningful way with someone special.
