Money would buy me security, which would make me happy. Pursuing things that interest me and cost money would simply be the icing on the cake. I don't need things beyond basic necessities to make me happy, but if I'm constantly worried I won't have necessities if something goes wrong, it's a bit of a downer.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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