Why Not Love Life Instead
I’m amazed by people who are so in love with material things.
Why not love life instead?
Our obsession with things has become unhealthy.
When we are depressed, when we have problems, when we are inconvenienced, when
we want to express our love, it’s as if there is only one solution: buy things.
And these things are becoming more and more
expensive and wasteful and distracting.
This intense materialism leads to owning a lot, having a lot of clutter in the house… and yet doesn’t give our lives meaning.
This intense materialism leads to owning a lot, having a lot of clutter in the house… and yet doesn’t give our lives meaning.
It leads to deep debt and needing bigger houses
to contain these meaningless stuff. Financially, people get far worse than ever
because of this obsession with materialism.
Why not focus more on people than things?
When you’re depressed, why not talk to someone
you trust and feel comfortable with, instead of eating too much and watching TV?
When you’re inconvenienced, why not take it
easy, breathe, and ask other people for help before thinking about buying?
When you want to express your love, why not spend
quality time sharing, talking and encouraging, than go shopping?
This lust for material things has disconnected
our society from critical relationships, starting from our relationship with
God down to our relationship with our loved ones and acquaintances.
Connect with living, breathing people, rather
than with mindless material things. Realize that life, not stuff, is what
matters. Objects are just objects – if you lose them, if they get stolen or
destroyed… then they’re gone.
Life is the series of moments happening right
now, and what you fill them is what really matters, not what you fill your
house with.
At the end of this short journey, you’ll look
back and remember the experiences, the relationships, the passion and love
you’ve given and received, the people you loved and who loved you back, the
things you did and didn’t do.
Not the things you had.
