Show THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS V We c dont don't know who vho the happiest happiest happiest hap hap- man on earth is but we know who the unhappiest are They are the people who thought they could buy happiness with money and who now that tha t their sources of of money have dried up find themselves them themselves selves thrown upon their own resources and have discovered that those are not sufficient sufficient sufficient suf- suf to bring them there happi- happi ness We Ve do not know V whether to feel sorry for these people especially the younger ones or indignation at their their- parents and teachers teacher for giving them or permitting them to get a 1 wrong slant on life life- We Ve confess to a considerable degree of indignation when we hear people advising young folks to buy this that or the theother theother theother other thing because it will make nake any material contribution r u co o individual happiness Posses Posses- Possessions ions may enlarge ones one's sense J at of self importance Money foney may enable people to do things which give temporary pleasure dut the idea that th the rich are any happier than the poor is just as false now as it always nas been We i e think one of the real benefits benefits benefits bene bene- fits of these hard times to many people has been that it has forced them to develop their inward resources and depend depend depend de de- de- de pend upon their own efforts for happiness We have certainly I heard much more complaining from people who still have a I i good deal of money left than we nave heard from people vho who didn't have much of anything to lose The man or woman who has learned in childhood to get along with little is far better adapted to face the realities realities realities reali reali- ties of life than the one who has lias always been able to buy whatever pleased his or her fancy Those are the unhappy ones today today the the the ones who vho cannot cannot can can- not spend mon money y as they used to o spend while spend while the happy ones are those who never had any money to spend |