tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75501608544095539132011-04-21T22:30:54.110-04:00My personal thoughts and solutions to current issues facing people today, not just Americans people as a whole.Morales1201http://www.blogger.com/profile/00487792411483785825noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550160854409553913.post-70143390373118627472008-02-19T15:42:00.001-05:002008-02-19T15:56:08.649-05:00Greed, when we think of this word we think of corruption, ravenousness, and power. The path of greed always leads to desolation and normally we end up worse off than we were. Some may say that they are not greedy but there is always a small tint of it within us, it may be obvious in some and it may be just about untraceable in others but it is there. There is a level of greed in each one of us; it’s just a matter of how much self-control we have over it. There are those who can accept their living conditions, there are those who want to make it better, and then there are those who want the best of everything. It is along the journey of life where some get lost in the fast life of greed. Greed does not appear out of nowhere there is something that sparks it and most of the time that thing is materialism. We get introduced to something that seems desirable, but once we get it we find out that there is something better out there and we find it necessary to obtain that new item, and this is where the spiral of greed begins. We start to put focus into getting the best of everything, and to do that we need one thing and that’s money. When this happens we become something similar to a machine, just thinking of obtaining and spending money. Once this stage is reached we are under the illusion that these material possessions we obtain are the source of our joy, we start to lose focus on what is really important family, friends, and most important ourselves. We lose track of ourselves and start to define and measure our success by the amount of money and possessions we have. We let luxurious items determine our character; the leaders within us slowly fade away as we become the shadows of money, constantly chasing after it.<br /><br />This in reality is not what we should be doing. Is there such thing as too much greed, yes there is. The side effects of greed are normally unseen until it’s too late, some would be loss of family, friends, urban degeneration, and in severe cases the deaths of others. So yes there is a line, each one of use is unique and to set a line that we all shouldn’t cross is impossible, we need to learn our limits, when we know we have too much and we should be able to acknowledge it within ourselves.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7550160854409553913-7014339037311862747?l=morales1201.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Morales1201http://www.blogger.com/profile/00487792411483785825noreply@blogger.com0