GothicGothicness
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Well, if you are starving it is tough to be happy of course.
But I've said this in another thread, and I will just say it here as well. In a modern society or big city, money might be a requirement for a lot of people for happiness. But often when they do studies about mental health and happiness, they found that travelling tribes often have a high happiness rating and low mental health issue.
These people have a different freedom compared to people bound by monetary wealth, and it is often easier for them to be happy with this freedom and companions instead.
I know of quite a lot of examples ( of course them being examples of my personal experience, they are in no way representative of a majority in any way, but still they server as examples of what I meant )
1. But I've also seen a lot of examples of things going the other way, for example a rich family with a nice house and several children living in Sweden, the woman felt her life was boring and left to live with a poor Icelandic horse farmer, and they went out riding over the Icelandic steppe together.. finally she found true happiness, and it had nothing to do with money.
2. A poor Chinese couple that worked very hard, what kept them working with very low salary and a poor home, is the love for each other. Both had richer suitors and possibility to live in higher financial standard, but they were happy in spite of very little money because they love each other.
Anyhow people are different so I am sure for some to have a happy relationship money is very important, while other are happy with very little money as long as they can be with someone they really love.
But I've said this in another thread, and I will just say it here as well. In a modern society or big city, money might be a requirement for a lot of people for happiness. But often when they do studies about mental health and happiness, they found that travelling tribes often have a high happiness rating and low mental health issue.
These people have a different freedom compared to people bound by monetary wealth, and it is often easier for them to be happy with this freedom and companions instead.
I know of quite a lot of examples ( of course them being examples of my personal experience, they are in no way representative of a majority in any way, but still they server as examples of what I meant )
1. But I've also seen a lot of examples of things going the other way, for example a rich family with a nice house and several children living in Sweden, the woman felt her life was boring and left to live with a poor Icelandic horse farmer, and they went out riding over the Icelandic steppe together.. finally she found true happiness, and it had nothing to do with money.
2. A poor Chinese couple that worked very hard, what kept them working with very low salary and a poor home, is the love for each other. Both had richer suitors and possibility to live in higher financial standard, but they were happy in spite of very little money because they love each other.
Anyhow people are different so I am sure for some to have a happy relationship money is very important, while other are happy with very little money as long as they can be with someone they really love.
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