The real world is never without blemishes. Whatever your image of happiness might be, it needs to be related to reality. Such is often not the case. For many, happiness is tied to wishes, desires, and dreams. As a consequence, they are always searching for ideal employment, that big deal, the perfect marriage, the perfect church, the flawless child, total personality harmony, and recognition or fame that never seem to happen.
Many persons play out their dreams for happiness through the lottery system.
We live under the illusion that happiness comes with the big win. No doubt it would help many churches and schools facing budget crunches. Yet we need to place the relationship of money to happiness in perspective. There is no doubt that there is some correlation between personal income and personal well being. However, economists and policy makers have also noted, that the desire for more money does not taper off as personal income increases.