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It's all Shiny!  

Devilish462 49M
4 posts
1/14/2018 9:22 am
It's all Shiny!

This is a personal perspective, and by no means do I think it should be embraced by everyone. What would be the fun in that? That being said.....

It has been an observation about the nature of mankind, especially in my culture ( the United States in general) and a reflection upon myself in youth, that people seek fulfillment without understanding how to obtain it. This is what I have gleaned...

We see things that are new or different, and we think..." oooo...shiny!" and we want it.
We do whatever it takes, sometimes at self sacrifice, in the first half to fulfillment- we obtain it. The problem is, most fail to continue on to the next half in the path to fulfillment. That step, being, to cherish what you have obtained.

If it is dusty, clean it. if it is broken, fix it. It may be work ( personally, I think more people should embrace effort versus instant gratification), but, with the vision of it being shiny in your thought and heart, the work will not seem so bad, and even instill something else- a sense of accomplishment. Don't rest on laurels. To cherish, is to simply love, and love the effort it requires, to keep something all...shiny.

This applies to EVERY aspect of our lives, be it material possessions, relationships, and everything in between.

If we continue on a path of consumerism, in the mind set to replace that which isn't shiny, then we shall never know fulfillment.

Devilish462 49M
35 posts
1/14/2018 10:39 am

 It would also seem that even when working for material things, most tend to neglect them after they acquire them. Feeling that they can easily be replaced. I find that to be wasteful and well...unfulfilling.


trixietrixster 56F  
3125 posts
1/14/2018 3:31 pm

 Definitely not into instant gratification.The word instant pretty much tells it all. You see it - you want it. And, the next minute, it's gone, out of grasp. Why? Meaningless things, in any aspect, slip away just a quickly as they were acquired. That would be due to putting in no time, nor any effort. Putting in the work towards what we want is absolutely so much more worthwhile ...
In Luv, Lite, Laffter ...


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