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Can All The Money In The World Make Me Happy

Money Cannot Buy Happiness

By zulfi buxPublished 2 years ago 3 min read

The jewel encrusted yacht cut through the turquoise Aegean Ocean, leaving a path of sparkling froth afterward. Inside, in the midst of the extravagant velvet couches and gold-plated installations, sat Elara, beneficiary to an extravagant tech realm. Her impeccably manicured fingers followed the cool surface of a champagne woodwind, its items immaculate. The music droning from the secret speakers felt like a far off reverberation in the tremendous void of her heart.

Elara had everything. Luxurious houses dissipated across the globe, a closet spilling over with creator garments, an armada of extravagance vehicles, and a ledger that appeared to make no sense. However, a biting void lived inside her, an emptiness that no material belonging could fill. The consistent stream of gatherings, the passing sentiments, the perpetual quest for the following excessive buy - everything felt futile, an overlaid confine catching her in a plated world.

At some point, while moored in a beautiful Greek harbor, Elara's eyes fell upon an endured fishing boat weaving tenderly on the waves. Its proprietor, a shriveled elderly person with sun-heated skin and giggling lines scratched around his eyes, was retouching his nets. A puzzling draw drew her towards him. She leased a little dinghy and controlled it towards the boat, the cool splash of the ocean washing away the flat quality of honor that gripped to her.

The elderly person, named Nikos, invited her with a grin warm as the Aegean sun. He discussed his basic life, his days spent engaging the ocean, his evenings loaded up with chuckling and stories imparted to his family under the twilight sky. Elara tuned in, entranced. His life, absent any and all extravagance however spilling over with real association and design, was an unmistakable difference to her own.

Throughout the following couple of days, Elara invested increasingly more energy with Nikos. She took in the cadence of his life, the excitement of getting fish, the fulfillment of patching nets. He showed her the star groupings, every one a story went down through ages, interfacing her to the endlessness of the universe. He showed her the delight of imparting a feast to friends and family, the giggling that reverberated in the little, jumbled lodge ringing more genuine than any champagne-filled party she had at any point joined in.

One night, as they sat by the fire, Nikos took a gander at her with his thoughtful eyes and said, "Cash can purchase you solace, Elara, however it can't buy joy. Satisfaction comes from the inside, from the associations you make, the reason you find, the adoration you share."

His words hit home profound inside Elara. She understood that her abundance had turned into a hindrance, confining her from certifiable association. She had been pursuing an illusion, confusing belongings with satisfaction.

Getting back to her yacht, Elara felt a recently discovered lucidity. She started selling her excessive belongings, utilizing the returns to finance schools and emergency clinics in oppressed networks. She began investing energy with her representatives, learning their accounts, figuring out their battles. She chipped in at a nearby soup kitchen, serving feasts and imparting grins to the people who didn't have anything.

Gradually, the void inside her started to fill. The delight according to a youngster getting another book, the appreciation of a patient getting legitimate consideration, the glow of a common feast with outsiders - these were the encounters that really sustained her spirit.

At some point, she got a call from Nikos. He was in the clinic, his wellbeing falling flat. Elara hurried to his side, holding his hand as he recounted her accounts of his life, his voice loaded up with happiness. As he took his final gasp, he took a gander at her and grinned, "See, Elara? Joy wasn't tracked down on that yacht, yet in the excursion you took later."

Elara always remembered Nikos' words. She proceeded with her altruistic undertakings, tracking down reason and bliss in helping other people. She fabricated a daily existence distant from the one she once knew, a day to day existence loaded up with genuine associations, certifiable encounters, and the calm murmur of satisfaction. She discovered that while cash could purchase you solace, it was the abundance of human association, reason, and love that really purchased joy. Furthermore, eventually, that was all that really made a difference.

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  • Dharrsheena Raja Segarran2 years ago

    Hey Zulfi, this would be more suitable to be posted in the Fiction community 😊

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