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I was listening to Marketplace Money from last week. One of the articles was on happiness and money. It was put forth that the common wisdom that money doesn't buy happiness may not quite be true. The woman who wrote a paper on this used some examples that were relevant to me. Imagine you bought an expensive sound system for your home and that it cost a significant portion of your income. How much it cost and the resulting lack of finances might have you think twice about downloading a favorite new song or album. I've had buyer's remorse a few times from larger purchases I've made. On the other hand, I never regret a meal with a good friend.
Yesterday I was honored to be at the wedding of two friends. I was moved by the ceremony. Stef and Matty made official something they committed a while ago. I knew many of the people at the wedding and made some new great new friends and acquaintances. The bride and I, in addition to several of the guests worked at Starbucks together.
In conversations and other interactions with my friend Amy, I was present to great affection. I'm not talking about romantic love as Amy has her man Adam and I expect they will be together a long time. The thing I saw in my interactions with her and others is that I am loved. Perhaps even stronger than the feeling of loving someone is know that we are loved. And if that is true, then maybe best thing we can say when someone says "I love you" is "I know." (Han Solo was a man ahead of his time.)
The experiences I'm enjoying as part of my journey have brought me much happiness this past week. These experiences will never leave me unlike various electronic gadgets.
