Saturday, November 19, 2005
Some Questions of Late
What is the responsibility of the consumer, if any, in contributing to a morally bankrupt, subversive and polluting market by providing demand and surrendering so much hard earned cash? Are we really all just "Shropshire Sheep"? Don't we have the power to exert our opinion through boycotts and strikes? They worked in past movements of political, social and economic protest, why not now? Couldn't a politically active system of supply and demand reform the market? Are things really so hopeless? Don't we have happiness in our interpersonal relationships? Why is it so difficult to follow and accept the greatest thing we can ever learn, "Just to love and to be loved in return?"
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Sometimes "just love" isn't enough. In order to feel truely loved by another individual we need to love ourselves. This seems to be the hardest part for some people to understand. There are worse things that you could do besides shop to make yourself feel better.
I understand your point concerning love completely, I should have been more explicit in my original post for I don't believe you can truly allow yourself to be loved by another person unless you do indeed love yourself, which I agree is one of the hardest things in life to truly achieve. In fact, I think the only way to truly to do so means maintaining a constant dialogue within yourself wherein you constantly evaluate, accept and, if neccesary, forgive yourself for your thoughts and actions. And yes, there are certainly worse things you could do besides shop to make yourself feel better, I was just ranting in order to get some thoughts out of my system, in this instance it was in response to a radio interview I heard on NPR concerning the current economic market in America.
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