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    came across money? Have you heard that saying money can’t buy you happiness? How did you felt when you came across money? Sad? Happy? Confused? When you think about happiness do you involved it with money? Well, here it is something to think about. Steve R. Baumgardner and Marie K. Crothers are the authors of Positive Psychology and wrote an essay about happiness, money, and culture. In Positive Psychology, the essay of “Happiness, Money, and Culture” this essay uses, rhetorical situation, some rhetorical

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    Does Money Bring You Happiness? How would be your life if you were a millionaire? I am completely sure; you would live in a deluxe villa in the center of the city. You won’t only be disquieted for your safety needs; but also, be able to meet your luxury needs. You would spend your holidays in best places in the world. If you have lots of money, you would provide the best facilities for your family and try to make a pleasant life for them. Money can solve almost all of our problems and help us for

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    things, but can it buy happiness? Money itself cannot buy the chemical reaction in the human brain commonly known as happiness. However, money spent in certain ways and on certain things can temporarily bring about happiness. Spending money on others, being within a certain annual income range, and being adequately supported in financial terms all contribute to temporary happiness. Having money and spending it on others is one way that money brings about momentary happiness. However, some people

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    Money Can Buy Happiness Everyone wants to live a happy life. Even those people that hate everything about everyone. The trick is how to get that wanted happiness. Is money a way to achieve this happiness? People, philosophers, professors, and ordinary, everyday people have been pondering this age-old question about the relationship between money and happiness and if money can buy happiness for a very long time. Much research and many surveys have been asked and performed by excited researchers

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    During a recent interview Kathy Smith was asked how many times she says "abundance is a feeling" during seminars. She was also asked to elaborate on her choice of words. She explains that what we think is what we feel. She says, "the feeling is like when you know you are getting an income tax refund, or a check coming soon. That excitement is abudance." She challenges the audience to ask themselves if they only feel abundant when money is coming or when they put it in the bank? For most people, they

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    experienced after a big win, the sense of accomplishment and pride that comes as result of a promotion or the thrill of winning the lottery all cause happiness. However, scientists have found that when you become accustomed to your new life station, the coveted win becomes old news or you find out all the trappings that come with having more money, the happiness you first experienced will begin to fade. This phenomenon is referred to as hedonic adaptation. How Hedonic Adaptation Can Affect Mental Health:

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    Money and Happiness Can poor people be happy? Can rich people be unhappy? The answer to both questions is yes. However, this does not mean that there is not a strong correlation between money and happiness. Money is a pillar of this capitalistic society and without money, the system of government would not work. With that in mind think about happiness and how that correlates with money. Money can buy happiness because money can help solve a lot of problems, it makes life easier for people, and it

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    Happiness We spend a majority of our lives making money. Its one of the most important thing in our lives. Everyday you get up, and go to work. Then, you come home, and get ready for the next day. Society often praises the people with more money, and look down upon those who barely have money. The main question is can money bring happiness? Is money really bringing happiness, or is it bring excitement and joy for that time in your life? The definition of happiness is “the state of being happy”

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    Feel the love and happiness in life? If not maybe these articles will help: The Essentials to Happiness written by Alexxandra Shuman, Dancing to the music written by Amanda Joseph and Leave the Light on written by Marianne Rogowski. The theme of these articles is Love. These authors use the rhetorical appeals of ethos, pathos and logos to really persuade ways of living happy. The articles focus on many different ways one can find happiness from within and out all trying to pursued how to live happy

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    Happiness is the best and the worst, it is pleasing and painful. Is happiness the state of being happy? Shouldn’t money bring the state of being happy? In the book The Great Gatsby money cannot buy you happiness. Gatsby had to find out the hard way. He loved Daisy and Daisy did love him back, but Gatsby was poor and everyone knows rich girls do not marry poor boys. Love destructive without money, not that many people want to marry poor people. For example, Myrtle does not love George and Daisy married

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