Opinion Essay: Money Can’t Bring You Happiness Medias show us a lot of examples of people that after rapidly improving their financial position ruined their lives. Even though this might make us think that with a big fortune one must always follow this path, in my opinion, when used carefully, money can be a good tool for achieving personal happiness. Various studies have proved that people who use their finances for activities done with good intentions such as travelling, interacting with people, supporting the wealth-being of others, are more emotionally stable. It is important to realise that religions are based on the same ideas of unselfish work and self-exploring and that these reflect the never-ending human search for happiness. However, most individuals fall into the trap of luxury and bought status. Jewellery, enormous villas, expensive cars and friends with whom they have nothing in common. After some time, they get bored, lose interest in things around them, start lacking passion for life. Tu put it differently, it is a natural feature of the human character to prefer instant emotions and quickness over long-lasting experience. In conclusion, even though money is a tool that can bring joy to person’s life, it can do as much harm as good and therefore it needs to be used very wisely. It is a inevitable part of existence in today’s society, but I believe that we can be happy both rich and poor.