thoughts

Less is more - contentment
More is less - Humbleness

This is an ongoing argument about materialism; the pros and cons.

By human nature, it is common that we all want more even if we have it already.
Bigger, Better, Faster, Cooler, etc.

Then at times we tend to comment that others are show-offs when they have something we don't.
And jealousy arises then we usually get what we want.

Then, the setback is that after awhile new things arrive in the market and everyone else hankers over them.
Which becomes a huge cycle and its not very healthy.

Materialism that is.

So sometimes we tell ourselves, there are other alternatives.
Perhaps we wanted to go for a live but didn't have the time and money.
So the next best option is to go online to read random posts on the reviews.

It seems to help to some extent but after awhile we can't seem to help ourselves.
We want to get the it thing to try it out, because they say seeing is believing.

And that is not a lie. Seeing IS Believing that is why when you see others having it you want to have it too.
That's as far as the human mind goes.

Though Materialism is a reality.
There is this invisible but tangible standard of life we all must have.

Borderline is just an average C for most households if we were all graded by income.

You can't live life on earth without money.
Because barter only existed before money.

I would like to see how we would live in a barter trade world.
That would really be an eye-opener.

When someone rich gives away all his fortune, others will have mixed views about it.
Either they will think "So what if he gives away all? He can still continue to churn out the money unless he retires."
or they would be "Are you sure that he is so generous? Perhaps he has another motive."

I don't think many will think kindly of others generous actions.
People tend to be apprehensive and doubt why someone would do something for nothing.

Goodwill is very rare nowadays.