When asked what made for a “good life” in a 1975 survey, 38 percent of the American public responded, “A lot of money.” When the same poll was taken in 1996, 63 percent chose that answer. When material wealth is held too tightly in focus- particularly in lives that, despite financial struggle, do offer basic comforts- we lose sight of the broader happiness of marriage, children, or simply being.
Taken from the article keeping up – cookie mag
