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Reading the book, The Geography of
Bliss written by Eric Weiner, I discovered that Happiness could be seen
differently depending where you are and what culture you live by. Everyone has
their own definition of happiness and happiness can found be found in anywhere
in the world. Weiner has been to Bhutan and has found that every person he has
met there is happy in their own way. While being in this country, Weiner
always had in mind “can money buy happiness”. This idea seems to be emerging
very so often in the book and has capture my attention. Furthermore I feel
that this idea may be true sometimes, because sometimes we need money to keep
ourselves happy and to keep others happy, without money where would
we be. I think money is the key to happiness, if we have money we will
have more opportunities in receiving an education which will lead to open
doors to a great career which will result in happiness. But money doesn’t
represent the whole happiness. Weiner
points out, “Maybe the secret to
happiness is money. Lots of money. And if money can buy happiness, or at least
rent it for a while, then surely Qatar, by some measures the wealthiest country
in the world, must also be the happiest”. I agree with Weiner’s
believes because we all need money at one point to start off somewhere in order
for it to lead to a happy ending. In my opinion, even if theirs a wealthy
country I believe theirs still people living in that country that aren’t happy
because they might be suffering from a disease or poverty. I believe that at
some point money can’t always buy happiness, but there are other things besides
money that can make others happy like love or trust. Weiner acknowledges, “Money sometimes buys happiness. You have to
break it down, though. Money is a means to an end. The problem is when you
think it is an end in itself. Happiness is relationships, and people in
the west think money is needed for relationships. But it’s not. It comes down
to trustworthiness. I agree if you don’t have trust in a relationship
then you won’t be happy but if your relationship consists of trust and honesty
you will be a happy couple. That’s all you need in a relationship, trust and
honesty, if you have both those things then you will be happy and won’t need
much money to make each other happy.
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