Does Money Bring Happiness?

Research on the relationship between money and happiness shows that people who are poor and happy will be happy if their income increases. Conversely, people who are poor and unhappy will still be unhappy if their income increases. The studies show that six months after a significant increase or decrease in income, most people are as happy or unhappy as they were before. In other words, an extra million dollars probably won’t make you happy if you’re not happy now!

Warren Buffet, one of the richest men in America, once said, “If you were a jerk before, you’ll be a jerk with a billion dollars.”

The Bible tells us, “Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have.” The test of whether or not we love money is to ask ourselves, “Am I ‘content with what I have?’ ”

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