Much of what I am going to write right now would seem like common sense, but it is not. If it was common then it would not apply to each of us so often. For the sake of being accepted or belonging, we allow the people closest to us to hurt us in so many […]

I have given a great deal of thought as to why people feel the compulsion to have, keep, and own things. Why so many struggle to acquire the material “riches” our world has to offer. I have spent a great deal of time observing these people; friends, acquaintances, and strangers alike. I have also spent […]

Big Business would have us believing that we must posses things we don’t need. That we must have an automobile with 200+ horsepower even though we all share the same road, and therefore have to follow the same speed limit. That we must serve “such n such” brand of succulent chicken at our table, even […]

I live in a very suburban area, and everyday to and from work I see many beautiful houses with lush well manicured lawns. Such wonderful properties people own. Their own small plots of land fertile with life and broad open space. And with all the times I have observed these properties on my commutes, do […]

Society would have us believe that wealth is happiness. For so many of us, this is that we were raised to believe. Our parents told us as kids: “You need to go to college to get a good job and make lots of money so you can have a big house, a nice car.” Because […]