In 1976, an
interesting book[1] by
psychologist Erich Fromm touched the subject, trying to stimulate readers to
understand the consequences of focusing on having
instead of being.
The surge
and growth of materialism has stimulated intense rebellions and a new way of
seeing the world. Not new in the sense that never has happened before; it is
new in terms of occurrence as nowadays people are questioning what they are doing
and why they are doing it.
And the
consequences are clear when we see or hear about climate change or the effects
of greed in humanity.
But the
desire of having makes us keep on
increasing and accumulating possessions. What is the solution? More protests? More
laws?
Maybe, reflecting
and refocusing could be a shift point in our civilization. For instance, instead
of valuing people who attained things
like big cars or jewelry, let's value people who ARE.
We could
start from ourselves and value more the experience of being well, happy and
peaceful, instead of valuing having the last cell phone in the market.
We could
start by being an example to others and inspiring them to focus their energy in
being instead of just having.
Then, one
day we will be able to give more importance to what we really are…
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