materialism

why can't things be as simple as they were years ago?

Back when we were kids and a lollipop would make us happy even if we had nothing else.

Now, why does everyone want everything? Everyone wants everything at the same time. Greed and jealousy takes over that it blinds us from what we were after from the beginning. It might be succes, it might be love, or it might just be a small job in the local store. But no, we all want everything that we dont have. 

When you don't have a job and money, you want one. So you go for a small job that doesn't pay much because all you're looking for is a job that will get you by and still let you have a life. You're happy...for a while. And then you find out that your friends have a job that pays more so you find another job and work your butt off. and then another guy comes along who earns more money so you're jealous and work even more to get a promotion. Then there's this guy who's got everything, the looks, the label clothes, the money to buy those clothes, and a girl. You are jealous of that guy, you aspire to be that guy. So you just keep working harder and harder until you get to that point. When you finally reach that, what then? Is it enough? Is it ever enough? What else is there to want when you've got everything?

people would say

I didn't get that promotion! damn it!

When they should be happy that they have a job. other people don't even have a job. People should be happy that they have what they have because other's don't

"The tighter you squeeze, the less you have." --Thomas Merton

Also, somewhere along the way, your hunger for materialistic things took you so far away from your original intention which was to get a job that pays the bills and still lets you have a life. Since you work so hard, you don't have time to spend with your friends and your family. Your relationships are broken, you've burned your bridges without meaning to.

People have become so materialistic nowadays. After you get the material stuff, is there more to it? was it worth it? Was it worth breaking your relationships for?

After all, materialistic things are temporary, they can burn in a fire or taken by the bank. Friends and Family aren't - they're always there for you, even when there's a fire and the bank is taking away all your things.

"Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after".— Thoreau