<p>Having a large number of options to choose from does not in fact make people very happy. Just because certain people are more better off than others and because of this have more things available to them, doesn’t make them enjoy life anymore than any other person. This can be seen in the movies such as Tuesdays with Morrie, in literature, and in the world of sports.
First, just because people have many options doesn’t necessarily make them happy. In the movie Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Album, a famous and wealthy sports writer that lives in Detriot has everything available to him. He has a good job and a gorgeous girl friend, and is very well off. Yet, he still isn’t happy. His relationship isn’t going as well as he would have hoped and his job is taking up most of his life. He reconnects with his old professor Morrie, who is terminally ill with ALS and they talk about life together every Tuesday. Morrie helps put Mitch’s life back on tack and gives him the lesson of what is most important in life: friends and family, not material goods and such.<br>
Next, in a Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson, Bill and Stephen Katz, one of his friends, go on a 5 month trip through the Appalachian Mountains. For this trip to happen, they had to cut back on the amount of items they were taking such as food and clothing because that would be the weight they would have to carry on their backs for the duration of the trip. Together, they started in Georgia and experienced all the elements Mother Nature had to offer as they made their way up to Maine. Even without all of their options such as food and clothing to choose from, they still enjoyed themselves for a 5 month period. During this period, they were limited with all of their options. They knew they would have to sleep in the same tent every night, wear virtually the same clothing that they did a few days back, eat the same meals day in and day out, and shower only on occasion. All the things that we humans take for granted were removed from their lives and they couldn’t enjoy it anymore than they did. They still had eachother.
Third, in sports today, baseball in particular, athletes are given many options to choose from but are still not happy. Alex Rodriguez, former third baseman of the New York Yankees just decided to opt out of a $252 million dollar contract with the Yankees to pursue more money. Some experts believe the bidding for his services will start at $350 million dollars. Some people. ,myself included, think this number is an absurd amount of money to pay a person who does nothing but hit a baseball four hundred feet. Alex Rodriguez, however, and many athletes similar to him buy huge houses, cars, and televisions, yet want more and more at the same time. They can never be happy no matter how much they have.</p>