Surgeon General, Vivek H. Murthy, posted the following personal story in the New York Times: “A patient of mine once shared with me a most unusual story. He had worked for years in the food industry with a modest salary and humble lifestyle. Then he won the lottery. Overnight, his life changed. He quit his job and moved into a large house in a gated community. Yet as he sat across from me, he sadly declared, ‘Winning the lottery was one of the worst things that ever happened to me.’ Wealthy but alone, this once vivacious, social man no longer knew his neighbors and had lost touch with his former co-workers. He soon developed high blood pressure and diabetes.” This man fell for the notion that money can buy happiness and found out the hard way that it doesn’t.

One Sentence Wisdom

• “The best things in life aren’t things.” — Art Buchwald
• “Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.” — Benjamin Franklin

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