People think about their lives and try to do everything to create better living standards. And it's quite normal because a person comes on earth only one time and he should do his best to use his time efficiently. But does high living standard or wealth mean happier life? No, because people aren't same when they are seduced by money, they start thinking about large things when happiness is more about the little things and they lose much more under the influence of money.
Tom Jacobs through his article "Money Makes You Less Likely to Savor Small Pleasures" tries to show us what money really is. He wants to say us what are the consequences of being …show more content…
In Leo Tolstoy's "How Much Land Does a Man Need" everything is clear. Peasants live by their quite life in the village. But after main character Pahom started thinking about more wealth his life changed. And this change wasn't positive. The more he was thinking about more land the more he wanted it, and further he appeared from a happy life. At least, when he got what he wanted, he died and took with him only that part of a land that was enough for his body to place in.
The same statement fits Howard Hughes's life. Howard Hughes was one of the richest men in the world. His assets were worth of 43.3 billion USD and he could buy whatever he wanted. But he didn't have what he couldn't buy. He didn't have any friends. He loved no one and no one loved him and died alone in his plane.
People want money to be happy but on their way to the happiness, they lose control on themselves and go to different direction. But this isn't their fault this is nature of money. As scholars concluded, "When it comes to happiness, money gives with one hand – providing access to pleasurable experiences – but takes away with the other, by undercutting the ability to relish small delights of daily