"I had a friend from an average family who always thought he would be happier if he had money. Then his mom got rich doing infant education. Almost ten years later I ran into him and asked, "I'm rich now, but are you really happy? He replied, "Yes! I walked away silently."
This is the most realistic and profound story I have ever seen. It beats any philosophy and any doctrine. It tells us that money can buy happiness.
So why is the popular opinion that money can't buy happiness?
Foolish kids, that's what rich people write to trick us into playing.
Let me share with you some of those wonderful moments when money buys happiness.
When you are very hungry, you spend more than ten dollars and get a bowl of fragrant egg fried rice, so satisfying, do you say happy?
When you are cold and hungry, you spend twenty dollars and get a bowl of steaming hot haggis soup, delicious and warm, do you say happy?
When your bladder is about to explode, you spend a dollar, you get a bowl of hot wont ...... not right, say it wrong, start over. You spend a dollar, you finally go to the bathroom, like a relief, you say fast or not happy?
When you go home on New Year's Day, give your mom a big red packet of several thousand dollars, see your mom's face all smiles, you say fast or not happy?
When you're in a long-distance relationship with your partner, spend two thousand dollars on a plane ticket and fly to his city to surprise him, do you say happy?
When you are very empty and lonely late at night, spend ten dollars to buy a banana, a cucumber, you say happy? I'm talking about having a late night snack, where did you guys think of that.
You all know that I have always been a calm, rational and objective person.
It's time to cite scientific studies.
Psychological studies say that money relieves pain. Counting money a few times can relieve "body pain" and "heart pain," but not only that - counting money can make you feel better, and make you braver and more confident.
I came across this study in a nutshell.
I was in complete disbelief, what the hell? Counting money makes you happy! I'm not that shallow. Besides, counting money, how boring.
So I brought a stack of money over for the experiment and counted and counted.
The assistant said, "What are you laughing at?
I said, I don't know, why counting money will be giggling it. This is the legendary love can not help it.
American scientists have also made a point of studying how to apply the rule that money makes people happy. Dr. Baumeister of Florida State University says, "You can sit down and count your money before you go to a job interview." You don't want to count your money? There are ways. Dr. Voss says, "You can set your computer screen saver to a picture about money. That might help with your frustration, too."
After reading this, I'm struggling so much to change my computer desktop picture of Song Joong-ki to a picture of money.
Why aren't there any banknotes with Song Joong Ki's avatar on them, then wouldn't that kill two birds with one stone?