Stuff do not make us happy. We all know that. Just as we all know that much of the things that we buy is produced by people that can not afford to buy it themselves. We also know that we pollute the environment by living the way we do.
The problem is not awareness but the fact that we do not have the time for reflection. We walk on earth for just a short time and during that time we just work, eat and sleep. That is why we are unhappy, something that everybody knows to. Of course there are people working to save the earth. Each and everyone of us does something everyday to help the environment. Maybe we recycle or donate money to plant some trees. The problem is that we have built up a system that is so closely connected with money and money is power. A few people doing a few things to save the earth is never going to be enough. Money is always going to be the most important thing. As long as there are rich people with a lot of money to lose those people are going to fight hard not to lose a penny.
The only way the problem is going to be solved is for everyone to pause their lives for a moment and reflect on what really makes us happy. We have to relearn what we have lost and starting to explore ourself to see what we really want. We have to find the joy inside and spread that to everyone around us. Hopefully this will cause a chain reaction. Change takes time though and that is something we have to think about. We can not be impatient. That will only cause chaos.
These are my thoughts on the subject.
I must say that this is an interesting take on the subject. It gave a sense of being in touch with the more important aspects of life. I agree that a great attempt at a solution would be to pause our lives and reflect upon what really makes us happy. But I think that another "feature" imposed on us by the elite global manufacturers is that we "don't have" the time to pause our lives. We have to live hectic lives. Shorter workouts. Shorter training sessions. Shorter cook-time for meals. Hence the illusion of the inability to "pause our lives".
SvaraRaderaHi Stina!
SvaraRaderaI really thought your blog post was good, i liked how you approached the subject. I totally agree with you when you say that money is power and that not enough people are committed to help the enviroment. I also liked how you write how our happiness depends on the amount of money one possess. Overall a really interesting post.
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Stefan
I agree with you, but is there really time to reflect upon these matters? Aren’t we in danger of delaying important changes if everyone should be given the time to pull themselves together? Actually I am not sure that people will come to the conclusion that they need to change their way of living. But I guess I don’t dress the human kind up in such nice adjectives as you do.
SvaraRaderaSpeaking of the unwillingness of people to open their wallets to a greener and better world, I came to think about a funny thing that the late comedian Mitch Hedberg once said.
"I went to a pizzeria, I ordered a slice of pizza, the fucker gave me the smallest slice possible. If the pizza was a pie chart for what people would do if they found a million dollars, the fucker gave me the 'donate it to charity' slice."
So, the problem is that we have situation in which some people have nothing to eat while others, mostly Americans, greedily eat a whole pizza by themselves. The day that the Americans realize this, a new world will rise. =)