Can money buy you happiness? Someone posed the age-old question.  Well, let’s consider.  First, money purchased my hiking shoes, not a lot mind you, but money all the same.  And it took money to purchase my inexpensive handheld GPS unit for geocaching.  I rode my bike down a really pretty country road to where I wanted to look for that geocache which is only a couple miles from my house.  My bike originally cost me money, but I have had it for quite a while and gotten quite a bit of use out of it, so cost per use would be pretty low by now.  Of course, I could have walked the entire way – that would have been free.  It did take some money for that GPS bike mount for my handheld GPS device, but not bad compared to the hands free convenience, as I feel the right GPS mounts can make all the difference in using your handheld GPS systems.  Hmm, also the sun on my face and the breeze in my hair were free.  The sound of the birds in the trees and the rustle of the leaves was not only refreshing, but free.  Well, I am thinking money purchased some conveniences and my GPS navigation device, but certainly the happiness of the day was certainly FREE, as was my soaring spirit that day.  Now get out there and enjoy your life!