"A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it." Frank Howard Clark

Ok. Sit down, and ponder this question:

What would you do, to break the bonds of materialism in your life?

This may seem like a silly question. In some aspects, it very well may be. First off, what is materialism? And is it a negative aspect of life? Is it what you can buy with money, or what makes life comfortable? All the stuff, all your stuff, from the most expensive to the least of all value... do you need it? Can you live without it? What is it, that you have in your life, that if it is missing, what would leave a void? Or possibly, not a void, but inconvenience?

Now I am not really talking about the aspects of life necessary to... well live. Say a mode of transportation so you can go to work, so that at the end of the week you may have enough money to at least feed yourself and maintain a form of shelter from the elements.

I'm talking about your stuff.

Now take away your stuff.

There. That void you see now.

What to do with it?

Could you.... handle it?

How bound are you to maintaining your desired level of comfort?

What things do you refuse to let go?

What "toys" do you have, that would make life less enjoyable if you no longer had them?

What would you do? Go crazy?

How many of us can honestly say we are not bound to our stuff? Stuff that, when your gone, will mean little to others. Maybe even burn in a fire, or get stolen, or just sit and decay.

Thus, back to the start.

What would you do, to break the bonds of materialism?

Not an easy thing to do. And for most of us Americans, not really necessary. But I realized however, if we are not careful, we can begin to worship and idolize our stuff. I mean, why do most of us go to college? To get a good job. What defines a good job? One that pays a lot of money. And why do we need that much money? Big house and new cars. The American dream.

I am not saying the desire to make ends meet is bad. For anyone who knows me well, they know I manage life to always try to make ends meet.

But thats not all there is to life. I do not believe God took the time to breath life into us to see how much wealth we can accumulate.

That's what the they expect of us.

That's the driving force of so many evils of this world.

So.....

What would you be willing to do?