Can money buy happiness

English 124-01 May 23, 2005 Money makes the world go around. Money can take you places that you could never imagine. Growing up in my household I was considered a spoiled brat. My mother gave my sister and I any thing our heart desired. My cousins always wanted to come over our house because we had any toy you could think of. But as I got older I realized that material things did not make me happy. …

…people try to find happiness through pleasurable things, and because you can trade for these pleasurable experiences through various means, people think that they can purchase happiness. The possibilities that come through wealth may bring pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. Happiness is a journey that includes both a state of mind and a way of life. Out of this journey come all the things that money cannot purchase - the best things in life.