We are renovating our little unit and the plumber was staying with us while doing the laundry and other bits and bobs and we were sitting down one evening watching the news and all the terrible things that were happening around the world.
I commented that to me the problems all started with greed and wanting power. Imagine a world where there were no shareholders, we would still have businesses and we would still all earn a living because we would need to, we need to buy food and pay bills all that would be the same, but the businesses were there to provide a service and pay their bills, employ staff and we would do the same with our businesses, without worrying about having to make huge profits for the shareholders.
I just feel we’ve all gone a bit mad somewhere along the line …… It probably sounds a bit idealistic and maybe the problem is that it is just too simple.
I did a reading for a lovely lady and she wanted to know when she would find contentment in her life, my answer was “when you’re happy with what you have”. To me that’s it. Be happy with what you have, you don’t need the great big house with the great big mortgage, you don’t need a wardrobe full of clothes and shoes, we could all get by with the bare minimum but we have been programmed to think that we need more and we start confusing needs with wants, so in reality we are actually wanting more not needing more.
Our happiness is how we view our life and you’re never going to find happiness outside of yourself or by buying things and that’s what we need to change.
That, in part ties in with what I first mentioned, because we are all part of the problem with our wanting more and more instead of being just content with what we have and only buying things when we truly NEED them, there’s are still enough people to make things turn over, it would all just be at a slower pace and if it then moved up to landlords charging too much rent or banks charging to much in fees …. Don’t start me!!!!
Have a wonderful week everyone, take a moment to think about all the stuff that you have and if you truly need it.
Blessed be.