If you don’t get everything you want, think of the things you don’t get that you don’t want.
—OSCAR WILDE
Men tend, I think—more than women—to get bound up in wanting “things.” I’m not talking about the proverbial roof over our heads, or a few good suits, or even a car that can be counted on to start when you turn the key. I mean the big things: The BMW, the Big Vacation Home at the Lake, the Armani Suits, the Platinum Card. And what if we fill our lives & every corner of our houses with these things? It still doesn’t save us from finally, one day, in confronting ourselves in what all the accumulated stuff really means to us.
And, of course, as usual, Oscar Wilde was right.
We need to step back when we can’t make a big enough downpayment for the Maserati & say: “Well, the roof hasn’t fallen in, my kids are healthy & I’m really pretty happy with the old Honda.”
I will try to think about what kinds of things I really need as opposed to what kind of things I think I deserve. I will try to concentrate more on filling my life with things that can stand the test of time.
—OSCAR WILDE
Men tend, I think—more than women—to get bound up in wanting “things.” I’m not talking about the proverbial roof over our heads, or a few good suits, or even a car that can be counted on to start when you turn the key. I mean the big things: The BMW, the Big Vacation Home at the Lake, the Armani Suits, the Platinum Card. And what if we fill our lives & every corner of our houses with these things? It still doesn’t save us from finally, one day, in confronting ourselves in what all the accumulated stuff really means to us.
And, of course, as usual, Oscar Wilde was right.
We need to step back when we can’t make a big enough downpayment for the Maserati & say: “Well, the roof hasn’t fallen in, my kids are healthy & I’m really pretty happy with the old Honda.”
I will try to think about what kinds of things I really need as opposed to what kind of things I think I deserve. I will try to concentrate more on filling my life with things that can stand the test of time.
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