Just the Other Day A big flash appears on my screen. Something got through my pop-up blocker. “Make $3000 – $7000 in a week, no experience necessary!” the ad window on my computer screams at me. I push the “x” in the corner to get rid of it. No such luck. Crap, time to fix the pop-up blocker. They’re Everywhere Aside from the sheer aggravation of pop-up ads, this experience drove home to me an interesting point. We live in a quick-fix culture. The charlatans and advertising folks scream at us from all directions: “Use X-brand jeans to look slim
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Archives for Meaning
The Incredible Rightness of Being
An Age-Old Question Searching for more meaning in our lives has been an age-old preoccupation for us humans. Why am I here? What am I meant to do? What’s the point of it all? And, most importantly in the modern-day world, what is it that will make me happy? Dissatisfaction, or “Gimme More!” It is human nature that when we feel dissatisfied with something – be it our jobs, our homes, our relationships, or even our lives in general – we feel there is something missing. And where there’s something missing, we naturally decide that we want MORE of something.
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