“Joy is not in things, it is in us!”
Benjamin Franklin
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In our consumer society, we are bombarded everyday with advertisements that try to persuade us that we need a certain new toy to be happy.
And once we get the new house, new car, new boat, new clothes …will it really make us happy?
And for how long?
Benjamin Franklin wrote this quote more than 250 years ago before the advent of the consumer society.
I believe he was right. Joy has to be from inside us.
Where does your joy come from?
May 27, 2010 at 7:19 am
I have a big TV. Do I need a bigger one ? I have a fast car, do i need a faster one ?
May 27, 2010 at 8:36 am
Bonjour Stephan,
Te lire me fait un bien immence.
Il me ramène à la réalité des vrais choses.
Il m’arrête le temps d’une reflexion.
Et finalement, te lire me fait philosopher toute la journée.
Quelle joie!
Manon
May 27, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Bonjour Manon,
Merci pour tes commentaires, ce genre de remarque m’encourage à poursuivre. Salutations à Robert de ma part.
Merci et à bientôt.