Random Thoughts

[Sheldon]

Capitalism, generally, does very little anymore to ensure families spend quality time together.

I’m not sure it ever did, apart from the children working in the same coal mine as dad.

Boru

I agree wholeheartedly, I find it helpful to fight back in my own simple way, to not buy into the idea I need every little thing, or that the "free" market wants to sell me, to learn to enjoy what I have, and to manage with less when it is necessary, to learn the satisfaction of being frugal on occasion, and the satisfaction that is to be obtained from spending less than I earn, because I planned it that way, and to put the rest aside for when I might need it...

...to despise the notion I must have something / anything, beyond the most essential necessities, to learn to enjoy those necessities all the more for that realisation, and to celebrate and appreciate everything else as a welcome indulgence. To learn to value what I have, rather than resent what I don't have. 

Of course I am pretty drunk, but what the hell...