Wow. It has been a very long time since I have peeked in here. My apologies…since quitting Facebook, I didn’t wish to vent much at all, preferring to focus on self-improvement through the Giver of Breath.
Look, here is the flavor of today: It seems to me that America has grown fat and happy (as we watch “The Biggest Loser” on the DVR) in many many ways.
Happiness now is doing what you want, when you want it. Thanks to a long-established free-market, vast prosperity reigns.
Happiness now is eating whatever ethnic food you prefer, when you want it. This is a good symptom of the ‘melting-pot’ of America; however, we forgot when to say when.
Happiness now is buying whatever you want, when you want it. Forget the time it may take–you deserve it today. In fact, it could probably be produced more cheaply in China (and Walmart is open 24 hours).
This ‘happiness’ is the most immoral at its core. Why? The moment that value, desires, things, became something in our life that we were entitled to–not a commodity and a tool to be used, but a birthright–America was broken. Before America broke, however, the culture broke; society broke, but the break was internal. Individuals in America broke–in their souls. People needed their desires met, because they deserved it.
When desire becomes entitlement, they have become their own god.
Which leads me to ponder a question: how do gods stay safe AND free?
