If you could have anything at all, what would you choose? I ask you this question to make you think a bit. There is no right or wrong answer, although there may be a “better” answer.

Human beings are funny. We never seem to know what is good for us. Even if we follow someone’s directions as to what online pharmacies no prescription be good for us, more often than not, we find out that whatever we are doing may actually have an adverse effect.

For example, I grew up in a household that put a premium on eating a lot of beef, for nutrition’s sake, especially iron. The kids ended up having anemia, anyhow. Today, we are told to limit red meats because they can increase cholesterol, and increase chances of gout due to purines they contain.

Many people want to be successful. They mistakenly assume that having a lot of money will equal success and that success will bring happiness. I have never had excessive amounts of money, so I can draw conclusions only from what I read and see. If the plays, the movies, and the media are any indication, people will money are neurotic, anxiety-ridden, and irresponsible with their resources.

Money is a trap. Folks who are affluent seem to be insatiable about acquiring more money, but does it really add to their deep-down happiness? Freedom from “want” is a good thing. We all need housing, food, and clothing, (and health care). Beyond resources enough to sustain life, I simply can’t fathom the worry over potential loss of assets nor how to manage great wealth, with the need for constant concern about it.

At the core of our beings, all of us mainly want acceptance, love, and to feel that our opinions are heard and respected. We want to feel that our services are appreciated, that we are not taken for granted, and that, in our lifetime, we will make a difference to someone, (or even to mankind), simply by our presence and actions.

People who are discounted, cast aside, or scorned, become the arsonists, the ones with guns they plan to use, the people to fear. Humans can take being put down just so long before they rise in rebellion and act out in some unseemly way. Time and again, over the pages of history, we see the downtrodden, voiceless minority, subject to an overriding oppression they sometimes felt helpless to counteract. We hear and see tales of the survivors of such horrific human events like the Holocaust, people whose very souls were scarred and changed forever because of man’s brutality to man.

The human soul longs for Nature: the voice of the wind, the companionship of fellow creatures, and the joy of discovering all of the wonderful facets of our earth, and outer space. All of this exceeds the grasp of human understanding to figure out what marvelous Source brings beauty to us all, even in our imperfect state of being, and even at times when the darkest side of our human souls is showing.

What do you want? If it is love, then be the first to love. If it is peace, be the peacemaker. If it is money, good luck to you, my friend. Money is a vehicle to obtain the basics of life, nothing more. I do believe with all my heart these words of the Bible: It is more difficult for a rich man to enter heaven than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle.

Take care in choosing what you want. One human life is but a blip on the radar screen. It is over before you know it, and no matter what amount of earthly goods you’ve accumulated, you have to figure on keeping only what will fit into a 6′ x 6′ burial space.

Meanwhile, think of the nobler things of life, and how you can serve. For once, put the selfish “me” aside. The more you give, the more you shall have, a principle that is corroborated by Biblical teachings. I think deeply about Life, in general, and I hope you don’t mind my sharing these ideas with you tonight. You are welcome to think whatever it is you do think, and you are welcome to have your own value system. The point is “to think.”

Until we meet again,

Patricia Cummings

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