TEWWG Ch 8-10

Our society has taught us to want. All we do is want, want, want. Desire, desire, desire. And for what? So we can consider ourselves successful once we get what we want and then strive for something else, because we’re never completely satisfied? It wouldn’t be too bad if what we were chasing weren’t shallow ideas like beauty and money. Superficiality isn’t the dream of happiness. It’s the dream of being beyond adequate.

Status is not the be-all of greatness. Beauty, money, and power aren’t either. Look at Janie. She was married off so she could live comfortably. She ran away because she was miserable. But Jodie was suffocating her and made her feel less than what she was. So when he died she felt great and free. We should all feel free. If we don’t then we can’t possibly be happy.

The idea of “happy” is greater and stronger than the idea of money and other superficial dreams. Happiness is worth everything. Money can only give you so much. It can give you power, but power can give you enemies. It can buy you an attractive exterior, but that can only give you enemies or the Barbie Doll look. No one is jealous or hateful over happiness. They only want to be happy themselves.