How to Find Happiness without Buying it ? Our materialistic society has led us to believe that happiness cannot be obtained without having money. Rather than 1 (learn)to be satisfied with what we have, we 2 (teach)to want more. We learn from advertising, and from the media, that we need to buy trinkets and toys in order to make ourselves happy, or 3 (fulfill) emotional needs, and that the purchases they are trying to talk us into will provide us with the psychological comfort we are looking for. 4 ( unfortunate) , as a society we have bought into these 5 (guide)messages and have come to believe that 6 (spend) money on certain items will bring us fame, fortune, happiness, beauty, or popularity. We end up 7 (use) money as a crutch to provide us with something we 8 (ultimate) must find within ourselves. As we become caught up in this charade n. 明显的伪装; 做戏 ; 装模作样 ; 打哑谜猜字游戏 ; , we trade precious hours of our lives 9 (try) to earn the money we have been taught to covet so much. We trade hours of our lives working, 10 ( sacrifice) time that 11 (can)have been spent with our families, 12 the pursuit of the almighty dollar. In order to find true happiness, we first must learn to change our attitudes about money. We must learn 13 money, and the spending of it, 14 (provide) only a temporary relief but does not present us with any real long lasting benefits. We end up owning something we either do not really want or do not really need, and the underlying 15 ( emotion) issues remain. Goals are good to have because they motivate us to work, and to continue to strive for self improvement. The key is to find a balance between 16 ( have) worthy goals and 17 (recognize) when we are 18 (allow) the desire for possessions to overwhelm the importance of other aspects of our lives. Rather than constantly 19 ( strive) for things we do not have, we need to shift our focus to 20 (be) thankful for the things we already possess.