Keeping Up

Do you spend thoughts and $ considering how to keep up with the neighbors? Do you long for a new car? Are you forever comparing your yard with the Jones? Do you avoid being seen at WalMart or Kmart?

Ben Franklin is quoted: "It's the eyes of others that destroy us. If all others were blind, what need would I have for fine clothes and a fine house?"

C.S. Lewis: "It's not really about greed, it's pride - I want more than the other person. What other than pride would lead to huge houses with 2 1/2 story atrium entries with 2 adults and one child living in them."

Pride or envy or to prove self worth, it's an endless road. Contentment is not found in granite counter tops, groomed landscaping, a new Cadillac, etc.

Let's try to stop spending our time and thoughts on those things. Let's find better things to set our focus upon.

'til later