I’ve been struggling for some while now to be happy with what I’ve got and not be hankering after something else. I frequently blame myself. But I had a penny drop this morning. I was thinking again about my favourite film, Robots, and the slogan that the company develops to increase sales “why be you when you can be new”. I rally against consumerism a lot and have spoken here before about how fear gets used to peddle stuff we then think we need to improve our lot. I try to avoid adverts, but they are pretty much everywhere, and so even tho I imagine I’m immune, I’m not, and their insidiousness will impact upon my sense of wellbeing. So even tho life is good, if I’m bombarded with messages that encourage me to doubt if all is well, might I “need” a product that would help me feel better/brighter, maybe it’s no surprise if sometimes I am worn down and do feel a discontent of capitalism’s making? One of my favourite songs is here:
http://www.seizetheday.org/music.cfm?trackID=1&albumID=1&alphabet
what do you think?
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