Consumerism, constantly wanting more stuff
By crockett182
@crockett182 (84)
United States
March 25, 2011 1:06am CST
People are always wanting more money to buy more things. Why do we need more things? Do those things really make you happy? We are missing the point of life. Life should be about enjoying the beauty of nature and the people around you! Why waste your life trying to get something you don't have? Contentment is knowing you don't need something else. This ideology is bad for the market but it brings peace to your soul.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
What do you think?
3 responses
@sashakiddo (1102)
• United States
25 Mar 11
It is natural to search for more. What's unnatural is how our culture provides us with so much. I wish we could be more like hunter-gatherers - we wouldn't have so much because we are always on the move.
In our culture, we have a home where we keep our things. We can build up a big property, and get expensive furniture to make the perfect house. I would be fine with a small house, and minimal belongings.
@crockett182 (84)
• United States
26 Mar 11
Our culture does provide us with so much, yet we still want more. True, the hunter-gatherer doesn't store up belongings, but they are also not satisfied with where they are. That's why they move. It's a different kind of desire, instead of desiring possessions they desire experiences. Hunter-gathers enjoy the process of finding, killing and eating their prey. Simplicity and contentment is what I have found bring peace and harmony to your soul. But we know it is difficult to be content, and that is when I met God. God completes us.
@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
25 Mar 11
It's natural. No one will ever be contented with what they have. Unfortunately, nowadays almost everything is worth something that's why we need money to buy it. Although, I abhor those that are too greedy. Those are the ones that already has a serious problem.
@crockett182 (84)
• United States
26 Mar 11
Yeah I agree it is in our nature, but I find that we yearn for something bigger, something that completes us. The question is what completes us? I have found that wealth is not the answer.
