Psychologists say that their's not much difference between how happy rich people are and not-so-rich people feel. But their is a difference between how happy not-so-rich people an dirt poor people feel.
Here’s a great story about a rich dad who wants to show his son the difference between rich people and poor people. But, in the end, it’s the rich dad who learns the lesson!
“One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live.
They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.
On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, ‘How was the trip?’
’It was great, Dad.’
‘Did you see how poor people live,’ the father asked.
‘Oh yeah,’ said the son.
‘So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip,’ asked the father.
The son answered:
‘I saw that we have one dog and they had four.’
‘We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end.’
’We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night.’
‘Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.’
‘We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight.’
‘We have servants who serve us, but they serve others.’
‘We buy our food, but they grow theirs.’
‘We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them.’
The boy’s father was speechless.
Then his son added, ‘Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are.’”
Little things make people happy, or smile at the very least.
The sun on our skin.
The feel of muscles burning a bit after a good work out.
A cool breeze on a summer day.
The wind through your hair as your ride in a convertable/motorcycle or bicycle
Sand between our toes.
The feeling of little fish eating the dead skin off your feet.
The sound of a graphite pencil on paper.
Having a bit of coin in the old pocket jingeling about.
Being rich allows you to be able to help individuals as well as society a lot.
That's not to say that those of us with no money can't help others. But if I was loaded with money, I could use it to help charities with their financial obstacles.
Money can buy you a lot if things, but I don't believe it can keep you happy for long. Look at Donald Trump he's always complaining and whining about ****, so my guess is, he's not happy even though he has a ton of money.
