Life lessons.

Two reflections recently:

1. Giving is probably the most taught least practised act in the world; it has no place in the commercialised world because it doesn't fit into the cost-benefit analysis template that is commonly adopted. Many believe that by giving the least, saving the maximum amount of money, they will have most and will be most happy. What they do not realise about their naive mentality is that he who is least caught in the materialism lifestyle is most happy, not because he has most, but because he is most contended with what he has. Materialism is a rat race, nobody wins at the end.

1a. Do things for the people around you, for yourself if you may, but definitely not plainly for money; no amount of money can buy you the happiness that many seek. Don't chase, because the chase never ends. Instead, learn contentment, because with it comes the ever-elusive happiness.

2. Things are to be used, people are to be loved. Not the other way around.