I hear you, in many many ways.

It's easy to look around and see what most people are doing; the trances we get caught in... and ponder whether we're just sliding down the slippery slope to hell.

At times I have to sit back and ponder "WHO" is doing the wanting, when I say I "want" to travel the world, when I "want" a better car, when I "want" this and that. Am "I" speaking, or is my societal conditioning speaking? No easy answers...

In some places, countries are actually experiencing shrinking populations. Economists are tearing their hair out... I find myself asking whether a bit of "shrinkage" is actually a bad thing. Might it not help us become a little less consumption based?

We can all make a difference. ONE plastic water bottle not purchased is a "difference." It's challenging to forget what others are doing, and just do what we are doing. But sometimes... it's the best course of action we can take.