Most
people’s definition of the good life would be one of wealth. If we could all
live like millionaires and have any car we want, any house we want, and go on
vacation whenever we would like what could be better? When you would have kids
they would be happy because they would be very spoiled. Not to mention
everybody would want to be your friend whether it was for the money aspect or
not.
However
we all know that this is not the true meaning of the ‘good life’. The good life
should mean that you are healthy, have a job that supports your family and
yourself, and a family that cares about you. Realistically you are nothing
without your family and friends, and evidentially money cannot buy happiness.
Sure it can buy you quick fixes of happiness such as cars and boats, but that
only makes your ego go up while you are out in them. What happens at the end of
the night when it is just you in bed watching TV sitcoms where people actually
have families and problems that come along with them?
To
live the good life I believe that it should be helping other people out as
well. Whether it’s volunteering at a food shelter, giving money to the less
fortunate, or even just smiling at that person at the bus stop… you never know
what they are going through. To know that you have made one person’s day is
happiness in itself. While we all strive to make the most money we can and
think that if we were millionaires all of our problems would go away, the
reality is they wouldn’t. You should never sacrifice family and friends for a
‘better’ paying job or something as silly as that. At the end of the day when
you are in the hospital on your death bed, it is your family and friends that
care about you that will be there with you, not just your money. That to me is
the true ‘good life’.
