i wonder what it's like not to have your needs met. i have no doubts i was fortunate enough to grow up in a family where my needs were met, even if sometimes my (supposed) wants were not. my parents strived to teach me a semblance of evaluating want versus need & sometimes i did better with those evaulations than others. at least i had a choice.
today we're turning in our gifts for our angel tree girl, lil t (as we've been affectionately calling her). shopping for her was a delightful experience & were i able to drop an entire paycheck to help some of these kids, i might just do it. but it struck me that the presents alone might fill some sort of desire for these children just for a moment rather than a lifetime. all the more reason i need to take a step back & see how much some consumerism has inched into my life.
last week we led our home group discussion on consumerism & since then i've been thinking on the things that have consumed me. i take issue with most cases of extremisms, subscribing to the philosophy that too much of a good thing is still too much. but does that concept apply to the less tangible things of life? peace, love, joy, understanding, happiness? i'm not sure given the subjectiveness of some of these things (despite being fruit of the spirit in GALATIONS 5). even fruit is subjective, no?
apples to oranges, or something.
my work party is tonight but i'll behave. ex-crushboy is my date, much to the delightful interrogation of my coworkers, i'm sure. they're simply infatuated that he'll make random chicken noises. it obviously takes very little to amuse these folks, which means i get star billing around here because of it.
amusement is the elixir of life.
today we're turning in our gifts for our angel tree girl, lil t (as we've been affectionately calling her). shopping for her was a delightful experience & were i able to drop an entire paycheck to help some of these kids, i might just do it. but it struck me that the presents alone might fill some sort of desire for these children just for a moment rather than a lifetime. all the more reason i need to take a step back & see how much some consumerism has inched into my life.
last week we led our home group discussion on consumerism & since then i've been thinking on the things that have consumed me. i take issue with most cases of extremisms, subscribing to the philosophy that too much of a good thing is still too much. but does that concept apply to the less tangible things of life? peace, love, joy, understanding, happiness? i'm not sure given the subjectiveness of some of these things (despite being fruit of the spirit in GALATIONS 5). even fruit is subjective, no?
apples to oranges, or something.
my work party is tonight but i'll behave. ex-crushboy is my date, much to the delightful interrogation of my coworkers, i'm sure. they're simply infatuated that he'll make random chicken noises. it obviously takes very little to amuse these folks, which means i get star billing around here because of it.
amusement is the elixir of life.
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when i said so, that's when.
i put it out there but he never negated or accepted, really. i made an excutive decision that he's not what i would consider a crush any longer although there is still an undercurrent of attraction.
and there you have it.
this blog is what happens when you OD on life then, eh?
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