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Which life would you rather have?

Asked by Pandora (32211points) July 12th, 2015

I’m curious about how important is happiness to people compared to money.
So I will give you two scenarios and please explain your choice.

Keep in mind that in both scenarios you will be physically and mentally healthy, have a roof over your head, and food to eat and all the general comforts.

Option A
Rich, brilliant, inventive (nobel peace prize winner for curing one form of cancer) good looking but you have absolutely no one you trust and you think everyone is an idiot . So you don’t have friends and you distrust flattery because you always feel you can do better and what you have in the bank isn’t enough. You aren’t sad, but rather annoyed with people and annoyed you wasn’t born in a more advanced time. No one understands you or your frustrations. You wouldn’t know what happiness was if it bit you in the rear, but at the same time you aren’t sad. Just kinda blah, for our lot in life.

Option B
You have a job that pays the bills, and you have a few good friends and loving family that you can depend on and trust. You are marginally smart and even though you don’t trust everyone you don’t distrust everyone. You have had great moments in your life but some very sad ones as well. But you are not bitter from the sad ones. You have your ups and downs but the ups making living worth while. You have known true happiness many times. Even though you haven’t done anything worthy to call mankind attention you certainly will live on in your love ones, so you feel your lot in life was grand.

So which would you choose? Blah, or happy, brilliant or smart, remembered for curing one form of cancer and saving lives in text books, or remembered by a loving family and friend who will tell tales long after you are gone to other family members about how you made a difference in their lives.

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