In the beginning, there was looking for food, for survival.
Where there is food, there is no pain, no hunger.
Contentedness and probably joy.
It's probably then natural to
go on thinking - 'more food = more joy/less pain'
which ultimately leads to 'more money = more food'.
How much food is there available for us? Infinite.
How much money then must be made in exchange for that
infinite amount of happiness-offering food? Infinite.
So by logical reasoning - we can never make enough money.
The trick is, there is no 'more food = more joy/less pain'.
The moment where we have food, in the beginning,
is the ultimate contentedness.
More food brings the illusion of more contentedness,
but it is there 'more contentedness'?
It is the enjoyment,
of that moment with food which is 'pure happiness'.
Money is nothing but paper, with values we give to it.
Values which put ourselves in a
never-ending journey to 'happiness'.
What if money was no object?
But a subject of our minds?