Happiness is a state of mind not a state of being. Money does make life easier and can bless one and others but it does not guarantee a happy state of mind. My mom lived for having money. Her striving certainly caused much unhappiness in our lives. It has taken most of my life figuring out that social status, material things, vacations, investments, and such really only dresses up the outer person.. but it does not dress up their inner character. Late in life, we went into financial crisis, because of illnesses and hubby lost momentum in his business. We went from being debt free to losing our retirement home and thousands in debt. We have had to start over in our old age. It is hard but we are still alive and now rent a home, so we have a roof over our heads and we are thankful. Money comes and goes. But it is our attitude toward the struggles we go through that shapes our happiness. Money makes things easier concerning our physical needs and wants but it does not build inner character. If that had been the case, it could have helped to influence my PTSD, depression, and feelings of worthlessness because I would have been able to use it to make myself worthy in the eyes of others. Money would have given me some power in changing me. In spite of being out of debt, I still struggled with suicidal thoughts, depression, bitterness, fear, feeling unwanted and loneliness etc.. Money did nothing to help my mental state of being.
