What do you really Need????

I have been slightly depressed but mostly angry at how commercial and materialistic Christmas has become. OK, who am I kidding it has been this way for all of my life! It hit me hard this year though, as I was wondering aimlessly through the mall trying to purchase gifts for my family. Most people I know have everything they "need" and most of the things they "want". Yes I love giving gifts to people, but I often feel like I'm just buying people one more thing that will sit on a shelf to collect dust.

I think with the economy on the downturn and many people facing financial problems due to too much debt etc., pretty soon people have got to realize that they need to change and deal with the reality of what really matters.

Along with that I think people need to face the spiritual crisis of figuring out who they are and who they choose to be. Our spending and greed for material things that we think will define us really should be put in check. We have a wake-up opportunity to get real and be real with each other by finding ways to show love, give love, be love without spending a lot of money! It's a chance for us to look beneath the surface, into the culture of excessive more, more, more.

We need to shift the way we think about our lives. We may need to search deeply to recognize what matters. Think about it - what would it take to make YOU happy??? Most people don't know what to say...they forge an answer about family and friends, and yet their lives are about everything else.

Everything in life has meaning. The bigger the fall the greater the lesson. Think deeply today - what is the most important thing to you and how can you make changes to put your priorites in check????