Get my new car
Move in to my new house
Get that raise
Then life will be different
Were it so we would all be smiling happily
Living happily ever after even
But it does not work that way the novelty wears off and soon the car is just a means of transport
Taken for granted like all the other physical things in our life
Funny thing we keep on wanting to believe that buying yet another new object will magically change our lives
And so it just might for a short time
Like the raise for a short time it does allow us to buy more things or pay off some bills
Then back we go to wanting the next thing
Or is it wanting a fix?
Some of us learn that such things are a con they never really deliver
How can a thing give us what we want?
So what do we want?
A great big contradiction
Happiness without pain or fear
And just how do we think that this is possible?
Why we swallow all those ads that tell us to buy this and that, because then happiness on earth will be ours
Look around you
A world filled with pain, stupid use of resources, and so many other inequalities
Just how is buying some object going to solve your problems
Make yoiu feel good in a world of pain?
The change must comes from the inside
Inside you this is where it is to be found
No one else but you can change your experience of life
The zillion inch plasma tv won't do it any more than a new pair of shoes or car can
Finding peace is not something to be bought
Finding that pleasure in being alive is not bought for money
This is only attainable by our own efforts
Lots of efforts to understand how the truth of things really are
Efforts that teach us to help others
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Incorporating our understanding of the truth of things into our own lives
Moving away from selfishness
Moving towards altruism
Yes that is where true happiness will be found
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