I hear you, in many many ways.
It's easy to look around and see what most people are doing; the trances we get caught in... and ponder whether we're just sliding down the slippery slope to hell.
At times I have to sit back and ponder "WHO" is doing the wanting, when I say I "want" to travel the world, when I "want" a better car, when I "want" this and that. Am "I" speaking, or is my societal conditioning speaking? No easy answers...
In some places, countries are actually experiencing shrinking populations. Economists are tearing their hair out... I find myself asking whether a bit of "shrinkage" is actually a bad thing. Might it not help us become a little less consumption based?
We can all make a difference. ONE plastic water bottle not purchased is a "difference." It's challenging to forget what others are doing, and just do what we are doing. But sometimes... it's the best course of action we can take.
I'm constantly assessing this, because I hate being slave to my conditioning. Saying that, the 'I' (not the witness 'I') is a product of my upbringing, for which I am thankful. I just hate being beholden to the not so subtle messages of a consume, consume, consume world. But I like to think I'm not as much as I could be, if I didn't listen to the truth behind it, and certainly the better truth in my own heart.
I agree there wholeheartedly - there's no other choice either when our mental health is concerned~
Thanks for stopping by, it's been a while!
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