Life's lessons

Ironic how the phrase "money can't buy you happiness" echoes through you mind, yet rarely has an effect until the situation presents itself. Like an annoying squawking parrot repeating the only line it knows, these words of wisdom are treated with a "not for me" type response. How ironic a person who values money so dearly, pinching every penny, thinking happiness is around the corner, learns a lesson, previously and recklessly ignored. Yet ironic is the fact that prior activities were in fact happy ones, swirled with unhappiness of devaluation. Is there a medium for the two? This is the mystery of life.