Necklace: Need and Life
The Necklace
In life we are too involved in materialistic things, and they don't satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, the universe around us: we take these things for granted and don’t really realize what matters the most. It’s a belief that comfort, pleasure, and wealth are the most desirable things in life, but that belief is very wrong and misunderstood. We are only on earth for a short time and materialistic items are worldly desires. Materialistic items may seem to fill in parts of you that may be missing but its only temporary, it’s not forever. Comfort isn’t found in materialism. With materialism it’s the thought of, if I have this item, my life will be much better, or if I can make so much more money I could have so many things. Materialism is a physical want; it’s a vision on how much better life would be if I had so much more than I already have. Comfort is the physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint. Materialism is not the idea of comfort it’s the vision that is imagined if what you want would come true. Materialism has made people think about material needs and wants more than God. Next is the pleasure in materialism. If pleasure was found in materialism, earth would be a very peaceful place. Pleasure isn’t found in materialism because after buying or receiving an item after awhile it gets boring and finding more of items is the pleasure people mistake in materialism. The quote “Life’s what you make it” is a very perfect example. If you have so much money and buying a car, or a new home, or a new phone who wouldn’t think they were happy? Materialism isn’t true happiness, its only exciting when you first receive what you’ve gotten or have discovered it. Wealth is the abundance of valuable possessions or money. Wealth seems like the biggest part of materialism because money is the major part of materialism. Having money and buying things that aren’t necessarily needed but what makes you seem so
In life we are too involved in materialistic things, and they don't satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, the universe around us: we take these things for granted and don’t really realize what matters the most. It’s a belief that comfort, pleasure, and wealth are the most desirable things in life, but that belief is very wrong and misunderstood. We are only on earth for a short time and materialistic items are worldly desires. Materialistic items may seem to fill in parts of you that may be missing but its only temporary, it’s not forever. Comfort isn’t found in materialism. With materialism it’s the thought of, if I have this item, my life will be much better, or if I can make so much more money I could have so many things. Materialism is a physical want; it’s a vision on how much better life would be if I had so much more than I already have. Comfort is the physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint. Materialism is not the idea of comfort it’s the vision that is imagined if what you want would come true. Materialism has made people think about material needs and wants more than God. Next is the pleasure in materialism. If pleasure was found in materialism, earth would be a very peaceful place. Pleasure isn’t found in materialism because after buying or receiving an item after awhile it gets boring and finding more of items is the pleasure people mistake in materialism. The quote “Life’s what you make it” is a very perfect example. If you have so much money and buying a car, or a new home, or a new phone who wouldn’t think they were happy? Materialism isn’t true happiness, its only exciting when you first receive what you’ve gotten or have discovered it. Wealth is the abundance of valuable possessions or money. Wealth seems like the biggest part of materialism because money is the major part of materialism. Having money and buying things that aren’t necessarily needed but what makes you seem so