- There are certainly several ways to make a man’s life worth living, of which can be seen money. Money contributes a lot to a man’s happiness. Money can help us get a good education. With money, we will have school things good enough to facilitate our study and can afford to attend different schools and colleges.
- Money can assure us a happy material life. We are able to enjoy modern material facilities that life can offer. Money makes it possible to travel abroad for our holidays, to entertain ourselves, and to enjoy life. In some respect, we can say that money is one of the factors leading to happiness.
- However, money is not everything. Money is important in many aspects of life, but we should consider it as a means and not the only purpose of life. It may be that those who know only money or live for money are selfish and narrow-minded. As we know, working is a source of happiness and makes our lives worth living and more meaningful.
- Love, friendship, and ideals partly lead us on the way to happiness. How to be happy lies within us once we have a clear conscience and a peaceful mind. Happiness is a shy bird. If we hunt it, it flies away. Finally, to make this life worth living, a man should do everything possible to possess a certain ability, a certain degree of education, or a high professional skill. With such a background, he can do something both useful for his own life and for the society. Once we have done something helpful for others, we have really lived a meaning life.
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
- Which of the following, to you, makes your life worth living?
- Holidays
- Social life
- Salary
- Property
- Family
- Children
- Food to eat
- Friends
- Houses
- Clothes
- Studying
- Working
- Is it true that some people these days put money at such a high place that they don’t care about morality or conscience?
- Does money have an absolute value? Can we buy everything with money?
- What’s your idea about the saying, money is a good servant but a poor master?
- To be without any idea is to waste your life. Your comment? What’s a beautiful life?
- Whether a man’s life is beautiful or not depends a lot on what he hopes for. Is that right?
- Which of the following, in your opinion, makes your life no longer worth living?
- Suffering an incurable or untreatable disease
- Being addicted to illegal drugs
- Getting divorced
- Serving prison terms
- Going bankrupt
- Being physical mentally disabled
- Unable to read and write
- Loss from deaths of friends, relatives, or life partners
- Houses on fire
- Nothing to do
- What’s your position on an idea that so long as one runs after wealth and material pleasures, one cannot achieve happiness in life?
- Do you agree or disagree to the saying: nothing can make your life happy unless you know how to feel happy?