Money Can't Buy Happiness

Herbalist Dr MziziMkavu

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Karl Rabeder grew up poor and thought that life would be wonderful if he had money. But when he got rich, Karl discovered that he was unhappy so he decided to give away every penny of his £3 million fortune:
"My idea is to have nothing left. Absolutely nothing," he told The Daily Telegraph. "Money is counterproductive it prevents happiness to come."
Instead, he will move out of his luxury Alpine retreat into a small wooden hut in the mountains or a simple bedsit in Innsbruck.
His entire proceeds are going to charities he set up in Central and Latin America, but he will not even take a salary from these.
"For a long time I believed that more wealth and luxury automatically meant more happiness," he said. "I come from a very poor family where the rules were to work more to achieve more material things, and I applied this for many years," said Mr Rabeder.
But over time, he had another, conflicting feeling.
"More and more I heard the words: Stop what you are doing now all this luxury and consumerism and start your real life," he said. "I had the feeling I was working as a slave for things that I did not wish for or need. I have the feeling that there are lot of people doing the same thing."
What do you think? Is he doing the right thing or is this just a crazy idea of a rich man?
 
Like William Wallace once said, "all men die, but not all men really live".
 
Foolish of him, though Money cant buy happiness but at least it could make him choose the kind of misery he wants
 
I should have been one of his charities hey!! I know where to buy happiness when the money is available. He should have talked to me.
 
I wish I could have all his money in my pockets! there happines follows.....
 
ohh the things we do for money, and someone can just give out his fortune so easily. I surely define happiness differently from mr. Carl, coz to me the more the merrier.
 
it depends, but in africa, surely, money can buy you happiness, there is nothing you wont have with money down here! the best idea would be to move to poor country and see how happy he could be with his money!
 
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