Materialism At Its Worst

Good Morning All,

I hope all is well.  I have been a little lazy with the blog.  I have been doing some soul searching; trying to be the best person that I can possibly be.  I have some guilty pleasures like shopping I am trying to limit but after watching The Real Housewives of Atlanta last night, I need to add reality television to the list.  The ladies on RHOA went to the motherland Africa (South Africa to be exact) and acted a plumb fool.  Normally, when I watch any reality television, I just take it as a grain of salt and use it for my amusement.  As last night's episode unfolded, I got to witness materialism or should I say pretentiousness from two of the ladies Marlo and Sheree.  I am not going to do a recap but the ladies were arguing on how many Rolex watches they have, who returns clothes to Neiman Marcus, who paid cash for an Aston Martin, and etc.  I was embarrassed.  As I watch the RHO of any city, it shows materialism at its worst.  I use to frequent one blog about purses  in the past and I had to stop.  The women on the blog were quite catty and downright horrible.  I came to the conclusion, that most people buy things to impress other people.  People place a value on other people based on things and what they have.  The argument was senseless and based on things that are superficial and fleeting. It is one thing to like nice things, but don't make that your first priority.  Materialism is a god.  The Creator says that you shouldn't have any gods before Him.  Materialism is what got us in the mess we are in with the economy.  As I am writing this or anything for that matter, this is meant for me as well.  I am in an ongoing process of re-evaluating what is really important in my life.  The ultimate goal is to help others and don't tear them down.  If people did more of helping others, people wouldn't have the time to tear one another down based on materialism and pretentiousness.

Blessings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!