CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS .... "WANTING"

ohhh.... sometimes i thought, there is just sooo much wanting in the world - that i always giving in to the idea that maybe that is just the way it is and should be! . but there should be a better version of the world, somewhere, somehow! . like there is so much physical ugliness in all of us (whether real or imagined), so there is that unending "want" to be beautiful, attractive, pretty, famous. who would like to be ugly - even ugly betty, with all her secure personality, wants not be ugly and accepted once in awhile. . like there is so much poverty in the world... and not only in the third world countries, but everywhere you go! people want to be rich or richer, most of the time! there is so much greed. photos of children dying of thirst and hunger becomes more and more shocking to the point of being unreal and yet you see more photos of the rich people spending on thousands of dollars for shoes, bags and couture gowns that are only worn once, only because they want to be photographed, seen and envied! . like there is so much unhappiness. not only with the poor but most especially in the richer society. emptiness. depression. wanting to be happy, to fill that unnamed void. . like there is so much inequality. and people may have realized that the only solution to this is to break the barrier that divides the poor from the rich - but nothing has been done, no one really wants to do it - and people seems to build more walls.... and segregations!

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wishing and wanting to have a better world, should be wanted by everyone, or at least the majority!

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what i think makes us "want" to be richer, more beautiful, to be loved etc - is our unhappiness and not being contented with what we have.

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i believe that there is always that point when all our material needs are already satisfied. when we reach this point but keep on obssessing to have more, to want more - then that's when we feel empty - and that unending desire that cannot be fulfilled - is an obssession that makes us truly unhappy.

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depressed.

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what we therefore need to do is to "share" that excess. to be generous. to give meaning to this excess by giving it those who are born in unlucky circumstances. to those really needing it, and not just wanting it!

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just like pouring more water to an already full glass - the excess water is wasted!

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there are so many fat and obese people and yet there are those who die of hunger. why should these fat and obese people keep on eating- and later on spend more money for gym, slimming products, liposuction and other stuff to make them slimmer? haven't they thought of just donating their money, in the first place, to those dying of hunger, in that way they don't spend on more food to eat ... and therefore stay slim and skinny and therefore happy at the same time by being generous! (the motive would still be selfish but at least there are redeeming values). but people still don't do this kind of acts, why?

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because of greed. and greed makes people fat and unhappy.

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why do we need to have and keep a thousand bags, shoes, jewelries, clothes, electronic gadgets and other material things ... and yet still wanting more???

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because we are all trapped in a society of selfishness, greed and utter shallowness!

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i'm really sad, now! i want to .....

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