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It is truly undeniable that in this science and technology millennium, we can hardly live without
money. Even buying something small such as sweet will cost you some money. However, this does
not mean that money can buy happiness, unlike the misconception of most people in the world. In
fact, wealth is a far cry from happiness. If you disagree with me, let's look at the reasons for my
stand.

Firstly, one of the main gates to happiness is to stay healthy. Maybe some people think that when
one is rich, he can be healthy or it does not matter even if they have diseases because these rich
men have lots of money to pay their medication. This is totally wrong. Good health is acquired from
a healthy lifestyle progressively and not in a day. With lots of money we are tend to temp ourselves
to exotic, luxurious food. If this food is taken excessively, it will let to obesity, heart diseases,
diabetes, hypertension and other serious illness. Moreover, rich people are probably lack of exercise
as they hardly walk outdoor due to 24 hours-service debar fetching them about causing them to be
at a higher risk of getting these unnecessarily health problems. How a person can enjoys his life and
feels happy when he is confined to a wheelchair or bed-ridden. He would not even be glad spending
his money and time curing his sickness. Therefore, wealth cannot bring happiness.

Professionals like doctor, nurse, lawyer, engineer, food technologist and accountant earn a lot of
money per month. They are considered the high class citizens who can afford large, expensive house
with huge beautiful gardens. But do they really enjoy the pleasures of life? Most probably not
because they are simply too busy with their work. They frequently burnt the midnight oil in their
work place. It is even more miserable if they have to turn their home into a working place. Most
specialists have to stand-by 24 hours in case of emergency calls from the hospitals. Hence, they can
hardly spend any relax, restful night at their home even if they posse a huge two and a half storey
bungalow with a beautiful garden and artificial waterfall. Successful businessmen may always have a
chance of flying to all parts of the world when they go out station to make business. However, very
few of them can really take it as a holiday as a treat for themselves for their schedules are always full
and they are so stressful with their works. Even fewer businessmen can ignore urgent, pursuing calls
from their clients or office when they are going for holidays or resting. In other words, one can make
lots of money but he may not enjoy even the beauty of nature around them or the branded,
expensive things with them. So what is the use of money when we do not even enjoy a meal
properly and discontented with lives. One with a moderate income can feels happier if he leads a
simple life and be grateful with what he has.

Finally, a children or a teenage brought in moderate family is better than in a rich family. As the sons
or daughters of billionaires, their parents will give them whatever that they want in material. These
children or teenagers get a lot of pocket money from their parents and can afford to buy many
expensive things like branded, latest handset, expensive clothes and branded sport shoes. But the
question is, are they happy if their parents are always working with only an Indonesian maid to
accompany them. If they are asked to choose between wealth and love from their parents, I believe
that they were undoubtedly choose love. A healthy family is not created for the children. These
children mentally are not as healthy as those being cared and loved by their parents. Children need
parents who can listen to their problems and give them words of wisdom, teaching then day by day.
Parents who are not rich may not be able to buy branded things to satisfy their children but with
more communication and understanding, these teenagers will understand the difficulty of their
parents in earning money, learning to be thrifty. In short, money does not promise a happy, caring
family.

Money may be able to buy a lot of things but not love, friendship, health and others. These are the
main ‘ingredients’ for a happy life. Thus, it is a controversy if money can bring happiness. Even, if we
can afford many things we desired with lots of money, we may not be happy and enjoy our lives if
we are always dissatisfied with what we had, yearning for more. Thus, I stand firm that money
cannot bring happiness.