Bigger, faster, more don’t mean progress and they don’t make us happy

Did we need a bigger Walmart? Was anyone complaining that the old one was too small? Are bigger, faster and more always better? Life’s trappings have us in such a choke hold that I am wondering who is in control. More and more often, I am feeling strangely uncomfortable. It is a difficult sensation to pinpoint, but I feel it …

Put those who have chosen a life dedicated to others on pedestals

Why do we put celebrities on pedestals? Is it fair to them or us? Seems to me that the second you put people on a pedestal, they become awfully hard to reach. They also get left there by many, which can lead to a lonely existence for them, and a questionable one for us. The mere act of elevating someone …