July 27, 2008

A simple thought on a Sunday evening . . .

What society needs is a good grasp of the concept of "enough." Enough shoes, enough clothes, enough food, enough house for each of us. Does anybody really need 24 pairs of shoes in the closet, 48 souvenir T-shirts in the drawer, more sugar calories in a bottle of soda pop than is wise to consume in one day or a 10,000 sf house for a family of four? Religious faith leads to recognition that we as individual humans are not the center of our universe. That understanding is essential to grasping the concept of sustainable living - we are to be stewards, not consumers of God's creation.