Ending an Era
For decades, we Americans have focused on the basic belief that MORE = HAPPINESS. People everywhere say, “If we could only get more, we’d be so much happier. A bigger house, closets of designer clothes, dining out every night, and giving our kids everything we didn’t have. All these things would make life better, right? We’ll have the American dream!”
It didn’t work. The more we got, the more we wanted. We started buying based on the assumption that in the future, everything goes up. Real estate values grow, our incomes rise, the stock market steadily climbs, and we have an endless ability to get more credit when ever we want it.
What we didn’t realize is with every purchase we were hurting ourselves far more than helping. We added more stress, stretched too thin, sold ourselves out. We lied to ourselves and everyone else that we could afford these things. We convinced ourselves not only that we deserved these things, but that we needed them. All the while, we kept adding more and more unbearable unhappiness.
Thank goodness that’s ending in this current economic crisis. We get a chance to get ourselves back, to become self-dependent and really be happy. This is our chance to become better people, enjoy simple things, and learn how to appreciate what we have instead of stressing about our inability to get even more.
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3 Responses to “Ending an Era”
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thanks vickie for the message about right-sizing. what is full must empty. what i am appreciating about this time (when I can stay out of fear about loss and decline) is that it reminds me about the cycles and the natural flow of things. It brings me back into my feminine energy which is all about life force, cycles and constant change and releases me from my sometimes frenetic male energy of pushing, planning, and making things happen. for me right now, there is a tangible feeling of faith and trust that is blended with clarity and taking right action. its refreshing. it’s winter: it’s supposed to be cold, dark and frosty. spring will come again in it’s due time.
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Thank you Vickie, I do agree……so it is, the downfall of the American Dream. It is now time for people to really look at their value systems and what brings them happiness. Perhaps it takes this kind of impact to change a value system. I feel a subtle excitment, for this global experience will bring us home to ourselves in many ways. There are so many lessons here….attachment….ego identification….surrendering……trust….enjoying the moment with gratitude. I have found that trying to do things the way I did in the past is not working. There seems to be another way emerging that we are/will be discovering as a family of humanity.
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In response to your comment about needing more info, I don’t know of any off hand. Through years of observation and listening to my own intuition, this is my opinion. Sorry, I don’t know another resource.