Desire Over Misery
It felt incredible to have something you could call your own.
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Some may oppose the particular subject I'd like to discuss today, but one of many people's ultimate goals is to raise enough money to buy the things they want to possess. It's impossible not to dream about having a good life, a decent house, or the materials that so many people are obsessed to have with. There's nothing wrong with enjoying something as long as you can pay for it with money earned through your own labor. Buying what we want for ourselves has never been wrong, were free to purchase whatever we want to satisfy our desires, even if the satisfaction is merely temporary.
Society is premised on the idea that our possessions are an extension of ourselves, a legacy, and that our essence is focused primarily on what we develop or possess.
Materialistic traits are one of the addictions that are difficult to overcome as they are deeply embedded in our human nature. It's inevitable not to be obsessed with money and material possessions. We have a tendency to purchase things one after the other, believing that we do need or deserve them. It's pleasurable, of course, to have everything we want. Whereas it is also one of the curses that will bring us misery.
I received a phone call earlier from an unknown number, which I assumed was from a courier since I was expecting a delivery today. Casual greetings at first, then she was told she was from a loaning agency and she asked if I knew anyone named "Marites" (this is just an alias I made up for her as I don't want her real name to be released publicly). She continued to discuss some sort of overdue loan transaction, and I only knew her name but had no idea who she was. I couldn't pay attention to what she was saying as I was at work and had a customer at the moment. I just happened to grasp some of what she was saying. I'm about to hang up as I'm already getting distracted, but she asks for my assistance in notifying Marites to repay the loan. I lost my patience, I just said that it is not my obligation to involve myself in someone's problem.
My parents advised me to leave it on a ring and not pay attention to it after they called twice more and sent me a message to contact Marites. My apologies for being rude, but I've decided not to assist them. Consider the possibility that if I agree to cooperate with this agency, there's a possible scenario that Marites would become agitated and accuse me of making up a story.
We take out a loan because we are short on funds, and we agree to repay it at the agreed time. I don't have enough information to determine why Marites was in debt. If there is an emergency and they require financial assistance, it is a reasonable reason to borrow money. However, it is also their responsibility to repay what they borrow because that is what was agreed upon.
This given situation is one of the instances that can be the consequence of being a lavish person who spends nonstop, no offense taken but someone else is persecuted as a result of one's materialistic disposition.
Why waste money on items that aren't actually useful?
Why seek happiness in material possessions?
Being greedy and materialistic can’t be cured if you don’t help yourself get up. There is so much to see in life, and so much that we can do in this existence to be considered our legacy. We just need to find what is our purpose in life apart from what can make us happy. Life isn't always about seeking happiness and satisfaction since we always go through difficulties, it is about the morals and values that we gained along with the progress.
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It's okay to spend money if it's in our pocket but what's not okay was lending money and then blowing like a bubble.