Comments on: Floods in South Asia and Keeping up with the Joneses http://water1st.org/waterlog/2007/08/07/floods-in-south-asia-and-keeping-up-with-the-joneses/ waterlog: the water blog Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:44:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Marla http://water1st.org/waterlog/2007/08/07/floods-in-south-asia-and-keeping-up-with-the-joneses/#comment-5199 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:45:18 +0000 http://water1st.org/waterlog/2007/08/07/floods-in-south-asia-and-keeping-up-with-the-joneses/#comment-5199 Dawn - Beautifully put. I also think giving makes us happier people than buying or envying those who can buy more. And scientists (at the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, no kidding!) have apparently proven this - see the Christian Science Monitor link below: http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0725/p13s02-lire.html?page=1 Dawn - Beautifully put. I also think giving makes us happier people than buying or envying those who can buy more. And scientists (at the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, no kidding!) have apparently proven this - see the Christian Science Monitor link below:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0725/p13s02-lire.html?page=1

]]> by: ~Dawn http://water1st.org/waterlog/2007/08/07/floods-in-south-asia-and-keeping-up-with-the-joneses/#comment-4954 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:28:30 +0000 http://water1st.org/waterlog/2007/08/07/floods-in-south-asia-and-keeping-up-with-the-joneses/#comment-4954 I also read that article about silicon valley and I felt sad that, here are people who exemplify what every other American does...wanting more by keeping up with those they believe are 'better" than themselves because they have more money. Sometimes I wish we didn't have that power of envy in ourselves and instead had a more powerful giving part of ourselves...sigh! I also read that article about silicon valley and I felt sad that, here are people who exemplify what every other American does…wanting more by keeping up with those they believe are ‘better” than themselves because they have more money.

Sometimes I wish we didn’t have that power of envy in ourselves and instead had a more powerful giving part of ourselves…sigh!

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