Is it that expensive new car and the big-screen hi-def
DVD-TV?
Maybe just a warm old wool sweater and a good book when it’s
cold
There’s an extra trip to the mall and lots of trash cans for
the packaging
Or recycling all that is feasible even if nobody makes you,
or pays you to do it
How about that 8 foot high pickup with the custom exhausts
Then there’s that cute little hybrid with all its hitech
gizzies
Is it the money we shell out for expensive food, drink and
the falsely servile help,
Rather than the work that goes into the creation of a meal
on our own
Could be an oversized faux palace tended by a legion of
anonymous illegales
Or possibly crawling on your knees to repair something
that’s gotten broken
How about racing your son on loud smoky snowmobiles thru a
blurred forest
Instead of snowshoeing in silence, searching for peace in
that good silence
You could download a hundred songs and strike out with the
iPod
Or strum a few chords and scribble out a couple verses of
your own
Relax on the couch with beer and calorie-laden snacks for
the big game
Alternatively, using the Internet, go into depth on some
non-trivial issue
Is it struggling to find ways to keep spending more than you
earn
Maybe embracing both hard work as well as building up a bit
of savings
Hanging out barefoot in shorts and tees in a monstrous house
all during winter
Turning down a more efficient heating system and dressing
for the seasons
Saving time at the drive-thru and chowing down fast while
still on your way
Eating stuff that didn’t come out of cans, that you cooked
up on your own
Is it get-rich-quick schemes involving currencies,
commodities and derivatives
Maybe ploddingly saving via conservative investments, year
after year
Could it be first class flights to expensive resorts and
fancy restaurants
Or going cheaply, traveling widely, eating locally and
wearing little jewelry
There’s belief directed by holy books, prophets and
literalist, revealed truths
Then there’s simple faith in the human struggle against the
inevitable void
Maybe it’s always waiting for something that quickly
disappears into the blur
Or is it striving to take pleasure in the task and not just
its momentary completion
Having others just do as much for you as quickly as you can
sign the bill
Or
attaining a bit of technical mastery over your house, its contents and the cars
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