Exactly, I always read the saying this way. Money doesn't buy you happiness directly, it buys you the security and comfort that provide a foundation for you to

Exactly, I always read the saying this way. Money doesn't buy you happiness directly, it buys you the security and comfort that provide a foundation for you to build your happiness on. You can be happy with little or no money, but it takes a much smaller disruption event to make it all collapse, like a house built on a shoddy foundation.