The Night I Learned That Money Can Not Buy Happiness

Alpine Landscape is an oil painting by German artist Julius Lange at 1866. It is considered that this painting might be based on sketches from 1856 or may date from a later trip to Switzerland. The painting basically shows a scene of mountains and a lake from a lakeside. Mountains and clouds in the sky are presented in the background. On the foot of the mountain is a lake surrounded by disorganized rocks and plants.

So let's travel to the Pyrenees where there are beautiful mountains covered in green luscious trees, and topography. When traveling

There are many national parks and monuments that can be explored on your next adventure. Picturesque views can be found close to home, on the coasts, or on the high plains and mountains of the west.

There are countless aerial views of cities, mountains, ect. All of these create a sense of----

Mountain meadows full of dark, green trees cover the valley. I picture to myself how many bears and deer are roaming in the trees as I take in the peaceful, diverse landscape. The sun is getting hotter now, like an oven, and a light cool breeze helps soothe me. People from all different countries crowd around and languages blend together. My dad has my sister and I take a photo in front of the view, awkwardly standing next to each other with the huge backpacks on our backs.

It was after my high school graduation and I was all set and ready to go to college after my entire family drowned me in graduation gifts and money. My father was nagging on me every single day to give out thank you notes to all those who were kind enough to give me presents as I went off to the University of Central Florida and live on my own which was two hours away from

That meaningful time when I put my own needs behind me and worked toward the greater good was for my school Club Friends of Fisher House. This club works with the local fisher house in Tampa, Florida, as a club, we use our time to volunteer and raise money and collect items for the Fisher House. The Fisher House is a place for the loved ones of veterans to stay for free while the veterans are receiving treatment in the VA hospital. This club is the only such high school club in the united states thus the road that is being pioneered is a new one for many. Our club allows for the use of student time to be used to gain money for the comfort items that keep the Fisher house feeling like home to the many families that stay there annually. Joining this club has allowed for me to see how the house works and meet some of the families that are helped by the Fisher House.

Another chance to collect some money was my upcoming birthday. All my relatives came and gave me clothes and toys. I received $300 worth of money. Then asked my

I come from a middle class background. My mother is a criminal defense attorney and my father is a neurosurgeon. I was fortunate enough to have parents who always provided everything that my siblings and I ever wanted or needed. However, my parents definitely put limitations on what all they would buy my siblings and I. For example, when I turned 16 I wanted a new car that cost around 30k. But, my parent’s thought that the car was too nice and too expensive for a 16-year-old girl to have. As a result, my parent’s ended up buying me a much cheaper car that only cost around 20k. Although I was annoyed that I couldn’t get the car that I wanted, I realized that I was lucky to have a car at all. I also feel fortunate that with the help of scholarships and my parent’s I’m able to pay for my college education. So, although I don’t come from a rich background I’m fortunate and thankful to not come from a poor background either.

Envision a family wanting to go on a trip anywhere in the world. The kids really want to go to Sweden, but they later find out that they can 't afford that. London could fit in the budget ,but that doesn 't sound amusing to anyone. They thought to themselves, “There is nothing to do in Europe, especially since there is no mountains.” Someone then exclaims that they just visited the Pyrenees in Europe, and the kids love the idea. The pictures of the mountains and landscape enhance the imagination as well. The scenery of the Pyrenees, with its majestic peaks and broad valley is the top site for tourists visiting Europe. Taking this

An accident last year changed my attitude towards life . That accident had a great impact on me , it taught me to treasure what i have and to treasure those people around me more . Although the accident was not life threatening , it was still the scariest thing i had ever been through in life . It was an accident that no one would have expected and wanted it to happen .

Have you ever seen a place that was so surreal that the landscape looked as if it were green screen? What if you were able to experience the rush of watching someone run off the cliff of a mountain only to watch them glide gracefully through the sky? What do you think it would sound like to hear over 20,000 liters of water pounding through a mountain every second? Can you imagine cheese so natural that you can almost taste the grass the cows ate? A place this surreal could only be located in Switzerland, one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Experiencing Switzerland’s cow culture of the small mountain towns, being surrounded by the Alps and waterfalls, and having the ability to choose from so many

We all have heard the phrase “money can’t buy you happiness.” That phrase is a lie because mostly everything in today’s society revolves around money. The things people like revolve around money too. What a coincidence? Let’s say a person is upset so they go buy their favorite ice cream because they know it will make them happy. That person had the money to invest in something that made them happy. Or on an even bigger let’s say someone has been fantasizing about a car and they finally get enough money to purchase their dream car. This person is likely to be very happy. If it was not for the money, they would not have gotten that dream car, so basically the money made them happy. The truth is money makes people happy.

It was a bone chilling January night; my mom received a call at about 11:15 PM, a call that changed my life forever. My Aunt June was on the other line. She was crying so hard my mother could barely understand her. Through the sobbing my mom finally understood that Brian, my cousin, had been in a horrible accident and she didn’t know how bad it was. My mother jumped out of the bed after she hung up the phone. She screamed up the stairs at my sister and me; it was a nerve shrilling scream. I could hear fear in her voice. My mom was always yelling at us growing up if we forgot to do something. She would even get us out of bed to finish something that wasn’t done completely. This particular

I remember it like it was yesterday, the day that changed my life forever. On March 9th of 2011, my mom was diagnosed with skin cancer in her lung. The doctor gave her about six months to live and this is how it went.