Very true, i always say it to people that success is not measured by the amount of money a person has but about the amount of happiness the person is able to create around him... The smiles on other People's faces.
Nonetheless, there is need to secure the future in terms of investment like you rightly stated. Nobody wants his finances to drain, and the best way is to use the resources you have to make more.
As Nigerians would say;
na money person dey use make money