We are living in a consumerist culture where the blind pursuit of material possessions has taken a hold of our society. Just walking down Michigan Avenue every morning on my way to work, and all you see is store after store of overpriced and nonessential goods. Cartier...Burberry...Coach...Tiffany...does anyone really need any of these things. When did we become so greedy? So resource hungry?
While we are stuffing our faces, filling our over sized houses with things and polluting the environment, there are billions of people living in poverty. People dying of diseases and wars and hunger and lack of education...If we all just gave up a little of the excess, just imagine what a difference we could make in some one's life. We could give someone a chance at a better, more human existence.
In our blind pursuit of things, we have lost touch with our own humanness. Helping others, caring for the environment, using only what you need, taking care of the other creatures that share this planet, being a good person, these are the things that make you great. It should not matter how big your house is, or how many cars you have, how big your TV is, how much jewelry you have, where you go on vacation. These things are trivial and meaningless to life.
I fear for a society built on such a superficial mentality. Now more than ever we need to come together to solve the crisis of global warming. It is going to take compassion and resolve and sacrifice. What are we waiting for? It is the fate of our planet we are talking about. Do you own your possessions of do they own you?
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Well said.
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