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Random Thought #1

There is not a greater evil than one with sympathy tending to do good.

We tend to forget that we learn best from doing ourselves. When others do for us, or help us out to the extent where we do not see what may be taking place, we learn nothing. I get tired of charity, and welfare. Although charity is good to an extent, it goes too far these days. I think the root of the problem exists because we are all too comfortable. Our standard of living may be too high.

We forget the basics. All we need are food, clothes, and warmth. Instead we buy million dollar houses, $50 sweatshirts, and pants that last us a single season. We forget functionality. We do not need TV’s, comfortable furniture, or clothes from American Eagle. We can survive without them. Computers are not a necessity, but have become an illusionary need.

I have been reading Thoreau, and he has been teaching me how we can live comfortably, and happier on a low budget. Comfort is completely relative. We do not need all these luxuries in order for us to be fine. We can occupy ourselves with things other than the internet and television. There are far greater things out there in the world anyway, we miss them as soon as Seinfeld comes on TV. We’ve seen too many websites, television programs, and computer games, when the real world has far more interesting things that go undiscovered.

Which brings me back to the sentence at the top of this rant. People who have a TV or a computer need not to be on welfare, or receive charity. They are fine. It is the people on the streets, the ones without homes, food, or warmth that we should be tending to.

If you really want to help the poor; throw out your ipod, burn your comfortable chairs, shred your $50 clothes, and hammer your computer. These materialistic items are not needed. Give that cash to someone who really could use some help. In order to fulfill a well-lived life, you need only the outdoors and a set of cheap, warm clothes. Happiness, is found by the amount of things you can afford not to have.

-end randomness