Does Happiness Really Have To Be Expensive?

Standard Starbucks coffee is at 180php.
A pair of Sperry shoes is at around 3,000php.
A buffet dinner at Vikings is 900php.
A theme-park day tour is around 800php-950php.
Latest flagship smartphones now are at 60,000php-80,000php.
Smiling can trick your brain into happiness — and boost your health
Bring at least 25,000php in a mall, then you can have a shopping spree.

Once you dive into these, you can consider yourself to be happy.
But what is the essence of true happiness? Is it spending that much and indulging in such ecstasies and then go back to drown in your real world of secret enemies, unending tasks at work, a bossy manager, or even unsatisfied orgasms?

Try doing the following simple stuff and see if you need to spend a fortune to be happy:

                ITEM                                                     COST
Enjoying your traditional 3-in-1 coffee                    8.00php
Walking on the beach barefoot                                  0.00php
Buying your kid cotton candy outside Ocean Park  10.00php
Laughing at a friend's corny joke                              0.00php
Cooking your favorite soup                                   150.00php
Reading your kid a bedtime story                              0.00php
Telling your partner how much you love her             0.00php
Cooking pancakes for breakfast                             100.00php
Writing a blog about your first kiss                            0.00php
Listening to free spotify playlists                               0.00php

And the list could go on and on and on.....

Does happiness really have to be expensive?

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