I read a pretty amazing article by Pico Iyer on the New York Times site a few days ago.

He speaks of his own life as well as his own observations of life:

“Though I knew that poverty certainly didn’t buy happiness, I wasn’t convinced that money did either.”

This is just one of the quotes from his article that stuck with me an hour after reading it.

The New York Times has a series in their blogs called Happy Days: The Pursuit of What Matters During Troubled Times.  The blog is a series of article with reader responses.  Take a gander at it.  I doubt you will be disappointed.