Success and happiness!

Being American we have all grown up in a society where if you have money you will automatically be happy. As we learned watching "Tuesdays with Morrie"this is not always the case. Money and being successful does not bring about happiness as much as we think. In the movie, Mitch was so concerned with work and that's all he cared about. It was really touching to see that Morrie was trying to teach him that being successful and working hard isn't what brings you happiness, but rather the people you love and when the women Mitch was in love with turns away from him because he was so scheduled on work all the time he can't get her back. When Morrie and Mitch talk, Mitch begins to feel fear of dying and realizes that work can't take up his whole life. Relating to this, my dad works a lot especially from the months February to April because it's tax season and he is a CPA. My mom always gets mad at him because he will come home for dinner late and always likes to be working. Although he works long hours he still finds time for the family because he realizes that it can't take up his whole life, and even though he is successful he's not happy all the time like the typical American would believe he is happy from being successful.