Money can’t buy you happiness. Right?
Well that’s what everyone always told me. But I disagree.
Money absolutely CAN buy happiness.
You know what money can’t buy you? The one thing that money will never be able to buy you in life, is love.
No amount of money, or gifts, can buy love. It’s a feeling that isn’t shaken by a price. It isn’t stolen by a gift. It is the only thing that cannot be taken away, cannot be touched, or broken. (Although it can feel that way sometimes. But love is by far the strongest force.)
Money can buy happiness, because you can pay to have something that gives you joy. You can pay to watch a movie, buy a song, or food that fills your belly and makes you smile. Money can buy you comfort, and ease of living, and that makes you happy.
It doesn’t matter how much money you have, you could be the richest in the world, or the poorest, and still have love. And you know what, love can give you happiness too. So while money can buy you great things to make you happier, it can’t buy you the love that will make you the happiest.
Of course you can buy things that you love, like a dog, but it won’t “buy” the bonds of the love between you, no matter how many treats you throw their way. Love is earned, love is a part of you as a soul. And without it, life as we know it wouldn’t exist. You can’t get rid of love, and if you feel that you have, then it wasn’t truly there.
So get out there and buy yourself some happiness! You may just find love along the way.
~A
Ink & Embers 