(Question asked by one happy person)
If Happiness were a currency how would you get rich?
A good question to ask
To someone who is up to the task.
I would have answered your question in-person,
but I think it's better in a written version.
If happiness were a currency I believe we humans would be a much simpler society and being our true selves would be the determinant between who is rich and who is poor. The people who can make people happy would turn out to be the wealthiest people in fiscal, emotional and spiritual wealth. Why?
Simple! They would have an endless stream of currency...happiness! These happiness gurus would also intrinsicly increase society's happiness because of their keen ability to pay off a home mortgage with a large gift of happiness, which would be determined by the seller. The possibility of buying a home for really big hug, may actually happen. Unlikely...but possible. True, this system must exist without any other form of currency to be effective, because then we could say, I will sell this house for $250,000 and that will make me happy...in that case not much has changed.
I propose in such a system that there is no shown or marked price for anything, but the buyer must determine what will make the seller happy. Hence, why the most empathetic and understanding people would become quite rich.
The currency of happiness is not something that we can define completely because to everyone, there is a different definition. Therefore, if I were to use happiness as a currency I would dazzle people with charm and humor to make them happy all the while getting exactly what I desired in return. The currency would be a fluid and undefinable transfer of emotion that would clearly benefit the wisest and happiness-producing people. So...How would I get rich? I would be myself because being myself makes myself and others happy. It is a natural occurence that is just an outflow of personality. What else can I say???
Here is a simpler & better question:
Does honey make a bear happy?
Yes!! Until the bees come back and chase it away!
Does that answer your question, happy person? Would you be rich in such a society?
