"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
Going without a brand new gas guzzling SUV or two is hardly being a
martyr. Not buying a McMansion is hardly being a martyr. Not keeping up
with the Joneses or engaging in conspicuous consumerism is not
martyrdom.


I've met people -- usually women -- who would rather die than not
"keep up with the Jones"...The concept of "giving up the Escalade" in
order to take flight lessons couldn't be more foreign to them.

I don't get it, but that's not unusual.

It's not just women, a lot of men are the same way. They have to drive the
latest and greatest, often diesel pickup. Then live in a TV, and faithfully
purchase everything they are told.

Funny thing they just can't seem to comprehend is, ya just can't keep up
with the Jones. Someone will always have a lot more "toys" than you do. Ya
just have to say the serenity prayer, buy the toys that matter most to you,
and learn to enjoy them.

The biggest lesson an man, woman or child can learn - is how to find
happiness with the things you can afford, instead of wasting you life
greving over the things you can't.