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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 858 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
It is quite interesting to see how the world has evolved and keeps on evolving in that direction. Our wonderful world has become a consumer society and it hasn’t stopped. We want more stuff and whatever we can get, if we don’t get it, the media, the advertising, and the companies out there try to make us feel bad that we don’t have that extra stuff. We need the latest computer, the latest phone, the latest car, the latest gadget, the latest clothes, the latest of anything, and it never stops. There’s always more. There’s always greater. All of it is there to entice us and there is a lack of nostalgia that if we don’t have it, then we will not be satisfied.
Quite interesting, isn’t it? And it doesn’t stop.
Well, this will certainly cause us never to be happy. We’re being bombarded daily with messages that make us feel miserable unless we consume more. It’s an attempt for all these companies and projects out there, to make us feel as though we are not the people we need to be, or the person we need to live, because we don’t have all the stuff.
So “I need more stuff” is not a concept that is human. It’s a concept that is actually ridiculous. You don’t need more stuff.
I’ve heard a saying, that “It is better to be happy living in a shack on the beach than living in a mansion, in a place that you’re not happy with.”
Think about that for a second. Think about what you’ve got. Are you satisfied with those things? If you have enough clothes and there is food on the table, and you have a comfortable bed, shouldn’t you be very happy? Of course, there’s work and there are issues and people, and accounting, all kinds of things you have to deal with on a daily basis; but that is not where happiness is. Happiness is knowing who you are and becoming the best person that you can be, and changing yourself to become better way. Be careful who you become in pursuit of what you’re trying to get. What matters more is not what you’ve got but who you become. What matters most is how many good deeds you have, how many good things you do, that’s what matters.
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