life

I guess this post will be about life ( yep, that's a bit general) that's what all my writing is about, and if it isn't, it should be. I recently finished a book by an author I really, really love reading- (through painted deserts, by don miller) I also recently got back from a friend's wedding in another state. I've been frustrated with myself, for in someways forgetting that I don't need all this STUFF. I don't live an extravagent life by any means, but I think there have been times in my life where I go without many things, and guess what, you don't really need them... you are happier without them... the more you buy and spend, the more you want and think you need. It's a disease. I think most american's and probably alot of other countries are affected by it. In this book, well, I'll just sum it up by saying, he got away from all that, found out that life is about much more than what commercials would have you believe, and was much happier for it. It's not that hard for me to get away from it in Northern Ireland, I have a limited amount of money over there, and most of it- if not all, goes for food and rent. It's not hard in a place that beautiful, with friends, and things to do to realize that commercials do not hold my dreams, and they don't hold my heart.
What is this life really all about?
you won't find the answer to that question unless you really mean it, unless you really want the answer.....and you probably won't be able to give a good description of it once you have found out, but you will be able to live it.
I wonder what we've done to ourselves, how all this greed developed, how everything centers around ourselves. It's really almost funny. why are we so attracted by all this stuff? what good does it do us? Really, honestly, what good does it do us? can you see the humor in it?