"Shakespeare's Hamlet may cost ten dollars in the bookstore; what it means to us cannot be measured," Shaher. (p.58).

Actually, all what I've read today from Happier is interesting, but the quote above is most striking since it reveals a social habit which is we value the material more than the means. We cannot form happiness by depending on how much things cost, yet we can if we focus on whether or not theses things make us feel happy.

Thank you,

Ahmed Al-Tameemi

 

The Ultimate Currency

In his book " Happier," Shahar says that Marva Collins, a schoolteacher, in Chicago where a place for drugs and crime. In 1975, she established children school, Westside Preparatory, which receives the children who somehow were rejected by another schools and were about to wander in the streets. Collins used her house as a school and sometimes were struggling financially, but she persevered until her schools have expanded in states. Collins's schools developed students' confidence and gave them a hope in life after they had had no hope. Despite the prestigious positions that she could have accepted, she was feeling full delighted between students because happiness is not gold, money, or prestige. Happiness is the ultimate currency.

Do think that enhancing people life and leaving a good impact is worth more than gold and money, and it is that creates happiness? Why? Why not?


Ahmed