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Sunday morning... taking em to Church
So being the Catholic that I am I attend Mass on Sundays. Today the Priest made
a few interesting points during his homily. He discussed a bit about the commercial
demands made upon people in the modern world and the need to constantly be caught
up in the latest trends, gizmos, and gadgets. While touching upon the ever relevant
need to have the better car, the bigger house and newest i-phone he brought home
a good point relating to how we use our time, talents and finances.

'Do we have our priorities straight?' is basically what he was getting at.
Pointing out that the world we live in there are so many excesses (something I
have often pondered myself on occasion) in terms of things we have which we don't
really need. For example when you may be just getting by and putting enough
food on the table but you have a hundred dollar phone plan, a $100 VIP movie package
on your tv plan, and you upgrade your cell phone and mp3 every 6 months ....
then you have to work two jobs leaving the family at home on a frequent basis then
there may be a need to re-evaluate what is priority in life. None of the above is actually
going to make your family or your life happier for that matter.
Sorry it won't. In some ways it divides families more than it unites them.

Many people also live their lives in excess worry about their financial situation without
realizing that they can easily make a big difference by prioritizing what is really
important and distinguishing between needs and wants. And the pressures coming
from the outside world, media etc... have a big influence on this which little people are
easily lured into because we love the temporary joy that getting something new brings
us. But there really is never enough is there?

And that's why myself, even though it is nice to enjoy toys and extras in our lives,
I have always made it a priority to make sure that my home life is about people in it
first. Our family is really the most important thing at the end of the day... ask those
who have lost all their family through bad choice, excess desires for material wealth
and you're commonly going to find that they aren't so nice and happy people.
Your health, happiness and loved ones are the best things going for you...
well in this world anyways.