Imagine for a moment it is your big sister’s 17th birthday. She is out with her friends celebrating, and your parents are at the mall with your little brother doing some last minute birthday shopping, leaving you home alone. You then hear a knock on th e front door. When you get there, nobody is there, just an anonymous note taped to the door that says Happy Birthday, along with a hundred dollar bill. …showed first 75 words of 653 total…

…showed last 75 words of 653 total…gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in-between does what he want s to do.” All money really is, is a way to buy material things. Sure, it’s important, but not close to how important the people we love are. They are where real happiness comes from, not from little green pieces of paper. Happiness is not having what you want, it’s wanting what you have. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**