Happiness is defined as an emotion in which one experiences feelings ranging from contentment and satisfaction to bliss and intense joy. Many people argue that money can buy happiness, or someone needs money to be happy. People believe this because they believe that happiness comes from money or items that money can buy. That is not the case at all though. Happiness is actually free, or costs nothing. What this means is that happiness comes from within, and the people someone surrounds themselves with just brings what someone feels out. Whether the feeling is anger or happiness. Real happiness comes from the things people enjoy doing and from everyone’s friends and families. Some people believe happiness comes from material items, but that …show more content…
“Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude,” (Carnegie). Many chemicals that people’s bodies produce affect how a person feels, some of the chemicals produced may be the reason that someone feels happy. “The researchers found three genetic variants for happiness… The genetic variants for happiness are mainly expressed in the central nervous system and the adrenal glands and pancreatic system,” (Okbay). The nervous system runs throughout everyone’s bodies, meaning the genetic variants affect everyone and how they feel, whether or not they are happy. Although chemicals within the body affect how someone may feel, nations with more money appear happier. This is only because nations with more money have more time to celebrate and the people can spend less time working, making them look happier, even though chemicals in the body have the main effect on whether someone is happy or not. “Use this list of 7 neurochemicals as a rudimentary checklist… each of these neurochemicals will increase your odds of happiness…” (Bergland). Chemicals like dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins, all affect how happy someone may be feeling. Meaning money is not responsible for any of the hormones or chemicals within the