- Money doesn't buy happiness.
(funky music)
I saw this post on Instagram, I'm going to read it to you.
As you get older you will realize that a $300 watch
and a $30 watch both tell the same time.
A Michale Kohrs wallet and a Forever 21 wallet hold the
same amount of money.
A $100,000 house and a $300,000 home holds the
same loneliness.
A Bentley will also drive you as far as a Ford.
True happiness is not found in materialistic things.
It comes from the love and laughter found within
each other.
Stay humble, the holes dug for us in the ground are all
the same size. (paper crumpling)
This is (bleeps).
Money doesn't buy happiness.
And poverty does?
Does poverty bring you happiness?
It's exactly this kind of bullshit that's being
spreading around on the internet on social media.
This is how broke people rationalize their failures.
It's very interesting, you see how people look at money.
How people look at wealth.
Right, oh if you are rich you must be miserable.
You must not be happy.
You know I would rather be healthy than rich.
I would rather be happy than rich.
It is such a stupid thinking, it's a stupid thought.
It is like saying which is more important,
my right hand or my right foot.
How about both.
Both are important.
Why can't you be both wealthy and happy?
Why can't you be both wealthy and loving?
What's the problem with that?
Oh if you're wealthy you must not be happy.
Do you know why you believe in that (bleeps)?
It's because at such a young age you've been programmed by
your parents, by the media, by the government,
by the school system, your perception of people who have
money because from a young age you've been programmed,
you've been brainwashed by the society, by the media,
by the government, by your parents to believe this (bleep).
It's nothing more than a made up story.
It is not the truth.
I've met so many people, people who are successful
financially, people who are struggling financially.
I know that when I was struggling financially,
when I was in debt, when I was sleeping on the
sleeping bag, when I couldn't even you know buy my
mom something good.
That we had to go to superstore and eat those
expired fruit and vegetables.
I wasn't very happy.
You notice the people who are struggling financially,
the people that you know.
Think about the people around you that you know,
comment below.
Who are in debt, who are stuck in a dead end job.
Let me ask you this question, are they happy?
Tell me the (bleep) truth, are they happy?
So why does the media want me to believe that rich people
are not happy?
Here's why.
Because if rich people they have, they are wealthy,
and (bleep) they're happy too, what does that leave me?
What does that leave me?
Here sucking on my thumb living paycheck to paycheck.
That I have no excuses.
Here's the problem, you cannot go to the bank
and deposit that (bleep) rationalizations.
You cannot go to the bank and deposit your excuses.
You just cannot.
When my father had his first stroke and I was so broke
at the time I couldn't even afford to purchase
a plane ticket.
He was in the hospital, to fly back to Hong Kong
and see him.
I was not happy.
I was miserable.
I couldn't even do that.
I could not, I cannot call up the airline and say I've got
no money but I, I have love.
Can I use some love?
To buy the tickets?
To go see my dad.
He just had a stroke. (gentle music)
The answer's no.
So money doesn't buy you happiness.
Money is not supposed to buy you happiness.
Money's supposed to do three things and three things only.
Number one money is supposed to give you comfort.
To make a little bit easier.
To make things just a little bit smoother.
Number two money can help you extend the good
that you do beyond your physical presence.
Just think about if you wanna donate to a charity,
you wanna donate to the foundation, you wanna help the
people that you love and you care about.
Guess what, it takes (bleep) money to do that.
It takes money, the world moves because of money.
Unfortunately, you can deny it or you can accept it.
That's just the reality of things.
Number three, money can make the problems go away,
problems that make you unhappy.
That's the purpose of money.
That's it.
So money's an amplifier.
If you're a jerk, more money will make you a bigger jerk.
If you're kind and caring money will make you kinder
and more caring.
It is that simple.
So don't buy into that, those (bleep).
You read those things and you wonder why people
are struggling.
That's exactly why.
Money doesn't buy happiness, it's not supposed to buy
you happiness.
But neither does poverty.