title: True Happiness Beyond Money
author: Stephens, R.E.
description: Money is the root of all evil, it causes greed, splits families, and ruins lives. Brian, finds this out first hand. throughout his life not having a lot of money, he was under the impression that money will make you happy. With Brian having several children and a wife, he figures that he would be able to give his children a better life if he had more money. His numbers come up and he wins the jackpot. investing the money, and growing his new found business, the greed kicks in. He wants more, he makes it seam as if he is doing to help people, but its all about the bottom line. He expands at such a rapid pace that he starts taking out small businesses at first. Trying to balance family and business, he makes sure what people see is a happy family, but its just an illusion. There was no limit to where he goes or how he gets there, nothing was off limits with him. His line of new friends, were all people with power or money, people who could help him achieve his goal of more money. Avoiding tragedies in his own life because his life is so focused on the money, even his children, try to get him to focus on dealing with life. When the ultimate tragedy strikes reality hits him like a ton of bricks, and his world is torn upside down. He falls into a depression. His friend comes over and talks him out of the depression, and has him focus on what he has right in front of him. At that point he realized the damage that the money has caused and spends the money necessary to try to avoid it happening to other families. He finally realized that True Happiness goes Beyond Money.
  