I don't buy much anymore
I used to walk in circles
Around the curved edges of
Barstools
Searching
But its all seemed to dissolve
Into a more filling hunger
One that reaches
For the familiar black cotton dress
And the food that's been sitting in the pantry
Because I've stopped preparing for someday
Stopped wandering endless circles
Trying to fill my empty spaces
With things
~
But this is what happens when survival is a given
And status becomes our new obsession
We conflate our needs and wants
No wonder we are all so anxious
Imagine believing you need so much to get by.

Be careful not to dehumanize those you disagree with. In our self-righteousness, we can become the very things we criticize in others and not even know it. Be kind.

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Know thyself', 'Nothing in excess', 'Certainty brings ruin' - Maxims carved at the entrance to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, in ancient Greece (a variation of the translations)