mercredi, septembre 15, 2010  There seems to be colossal confusion over what you need and what you want. Wants have become needs - eg my mom, when looking at the Starhub brochure, became confused over buying cable tv set-top box - in the end, it took all my logic to convince her to ask herself - do you really NEED a HDTV set-top box WHEN WE DON'T EVEN OWN A FLATSCREEN, much less HDTV? Will the purchase do a Numbers (heh) on us a beget other purchases? And honestly, how much more pleasure will it give you seeing Celine Dion’s (airbrushed out) pores on a blue-ray DVD?This is not to condemn those who have decided that they want these things - things are rarely evil in and of themselves (unless you’re talking about maybe...guns or weapons which only have one use) - but rather to examine your motivations when you obtain stuff in the world - is it really necessary for you to have them, or are they merely something you think you need? This message is not new, nor is it innovative - but we are a forgetful people, and need to be reminded time and again of how fickle our hearts and minds are. I think we need far less than what we have. Libellés : christian, issues, thinking, writing [The iWant Generation] |
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