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Having Enough

11 Sunday Dec 2016

Posted by dianasschwenk in Diana's Enormous Book of Quotes, In My Opinion

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There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.

G.K. Chesterton

Have you ever thought about what drives us to have more? Why we need a more expensive, newer car, the latest gadget, a bigger house, more money? Does what we have not work? Does our survival depend on it? Or is it simply a matter of social status? Why is it so pressing that we keep up with the Joneses?

We humans are wired to survive. We need shelter. We need food. We need security from those who might harm us. And once we have those bases covered, we need to belong. We need to be needed and we need to know that we can count on others when we need them.

But when do our needs become frivolous? What marks the event when we’ve gone too far? When we must ‘have it’ just for the sake of ‘having it’? When we decide to live outside of our means and willingly fall into debt? When do we cross that line of pure greed that sacrifices our fellow (wo)man’s ability to survive?

~ DIANA’S ENORMOUS BOOK OF QUOTES ~

My World

04 Sunday Nov 2012

Posted by dianasschwenk in Diana's Enormous Book of Quotes, In My Opinion

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Maybe this world is another person’s hell. ~ Aldous Huxley

I’m one of those people who lives modestly and well within my means.

I don’t have a lot of stuff.

I am not a minimalist by any stretch of the imagination…

I have just never felt the need to keep up with the Joneses.

I live in a small urban apartment and pay reasonable rent.

My appliances and fixtures are circa 1960’s.

Excuse my mess!

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I love urban living. Everything I need is right there – at my fingertips.

My car is 12 years old. I use it mostly to travel to and from work.

Otherwise I walk…

to buy groceries

to my doctor’s and dentist’s appointments

to celebrate ‘Girl’s Night Out’

or just to take in the beauty of my neighbourhood.

The things I indulge in are traveling and clothing.

I am content. I have all I need and more.

I have a roof over my head.

I have food in my stomach.

My world might be another’s hell

or maybe for the majority of the planet

it is more accurate to say that my world would be all they have ever dreamed of.

How’s life in your world?

Talk to Diana


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