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Although money can sometimes be an obvious cause for a
happy circumstance, it is not truly the money that brings about
happiness. To be happy literally 1 means "characterized by or

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actually 2 cause the feeling of joy.

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Money cannot buy happiness, but it undoubtably 3 affects it.

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indicative of pleasure, contentment, or joy." Happiness is a

feeling that can be a flutter of hope or completely consume a
person. So, while money can only buy tangible objects, the
people and environments which surround these objects will

As I said before, money buys things. Sometimes, yes, these

things can make a person excited or relieved or even happy for
a short period of time 4. However, often the joy wears off to a
point where the person is no longer content. Money simply 5
accounts for people's wants and needs. When someone
receives their necessities or gifts that they had been hoping for,
they are not happy ...6 they may feel happy for that moment,
nut that synthetic joy in unsatisfying. However, money can be
a catalyst for happiness. For example, when a person buys a
dog, their money allowed them to receive their new pet but
does not make them happy. The happiness 7 comes with years
of laughs, running around, and building a relationship with the
dog. Money can greatly 8 affect joy, but cannot buy it.
You may now ask, "If money does not buy happiness, then
what is the real cause of this joyful feeling?" True happiness is

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genuine -- from the soul, heart, mind, and body. Moments,

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memories, beauty, thoughts, and life are factors which control

the human emotions. When a family plays a board game or
watches a movie, the family members are not happy because of
the entertainment that they bought but because of the people
who experience that moment with them. Nature can have a
similar affect 9. Viewing a sunset or a shooting star takes my
breath away and gives me a sense of pleasure that almost
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nothing else can cause. A gift from a friend makes me smile

because they thought about me and my personality. People
always say, "it's the thought that counts," and they could not be
more correct. This amazing world we live in with the support
of our friends, family, and random acts of kindness are the
true 10 causes of happiness.
Happiness cannot be bought 11 because while it is genuine,
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Money can even have the reverse effects of happiness on a

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person. If a young adult inherits million of dollars and decides

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to buy a huge house, they are still not happy. This person may

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but never find true happiness. On the other hand, a poor

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woman may experience joy and laughter everyday 16 with her

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money is only fake. Money 12 covers up true 13 emotions.

be living in their house all alone, so their extensive 14 money

and living conditions 15 will only highlight their loneliness. A
"poor little rich girl" may have all the things she has asked for

lively 17 child. Money is an excuse, a cover up for genuine

feelings, and can therefore never buy the true emotion of

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happiness.
Money is tangible and can only buy tangible 19 objects. As

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Benjamin Franklin said, "the more of it one has the more one

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wants," money can make a person or even a whole society

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it" (Daniel Gilbert), happiness rests in a person's heart and

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mind when they enjoy a memory or moment with the people

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they love.

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materialistic and selfish. Although it can be used 20 for good,

such as charity, it is the people organizing that charity who
allow the good 21 to be done 22. As opposed to money "[doing]