Money doesn't buy happiness so some say. And I agree, I cant go to a store, approach the counter, and ask for a big box of happiness in bulk. But what this saying means isn't a literal function. The majority of people without money stress for years on end, praying to stay sane, not lose their home, be able to support their families. Money is a helpful asset, it is something that is looked at as so materialistic that it is taken for granted. Money isn't as superficial as people expect it to be. Money helps people in more than simple ways. Everything in life is a chain reaction, many beginning with an income. Money helps people to to afford, not just the things they want, but the things they need. People need food and people need water. Money is what gets people these products, without having to sift through garbage cans or beg on the streets. The majority of people we even see living on the streets have a type of mental disability. Many of those homeless people are judged for that sole reason. But, how are we suppose to know if they had that disability prior to being homeless. We don't, and we judge them for it. There are high chances that that person had a mental breakdown from being shut out of everything in life because they lacked the one thing that helped that to acquire necessities, money. Money can buy happiness, when money is present people are able to have the things they need, support their families, and have the room to do things they want on the sides. Many people abuse this privildege and that is where the materialistic money derives from. However, if you were to think about it more closely you could realize that money is just the beginning, it is the source of all good and all evil. People need money to thrive in the 21st century, plain and simple. Money isn't the sole reason for happiness but it definitely is the beginning of the road down a path to happiness. Money takes away stress, it provides food, water, shelter, clothing, not designer clothes, but simply clothes to have on our backs. Not everything needs to be seen in the exaggerated light. Money does provide happiness, even if we can't go to a store and pick it up off the shelf that easily. Working hard provides money, and money provides a smile.