Buying Happiness?

Scientists calculate how much money it costs to buy happiness

Excerpt:

It is one of the most pondered questions of all time - can money buy happiness?

The answer, according to a study, is yes - but so can friendships and successful relationships.

Researchers have been trying to calculate what effect our finances and lifestyle have on our emotions.

Comments:

1. Values are in British Pounds ... but you get the idea!
   
2. Be sure to read the reader comments on the bottom of the article. My favorite = "Happy wife, happy life!"
   
3. Reality Check: Go for the joy ... not the happiness! If you have true joy ... you will be happy!
   
   
   
   1. John 15:9-11, "“As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full."
      
   2. Romans 14:17, "for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit"
      
   3. Galatians 5:22, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness ..."