Catchy (Original) Statements About Having It All

Daily writing promptWhat does “having it all” mean to you? Is it attainable?View all responses

These catchy statement about materialism can make you aware of how catchy materialism can be — how it can capture your heart and drag you through shopping mart after shopping mart.

If materialism made people happy antidepressants wouldn’t be a best seller.

The happiest go-getters go get peace of mind, not piles of stuff.

I object to the idea that objects are more important than people!

The bad thing about materialism is that it doesn’t see beyond things.

No material thing will ever be the missing piece that will give you inner peace.

The newest and the best stuff won’t stay that way for long. Very soon newer and better stuff will be clamoring for your attention.

Stuff-esteem
Can never heal
Low self-esteem.
More stuff
Won’t ever
Be enough.

Worry about wealth
Can harm your health.

The greatest wealth
Is mental health.

Stuff-focused people miss out on the deep heart-to-heart connection that people-focused people enjoy.

The nicer our material things, the more they tend to trap us in a comfort zone.

Control the material things in your life. Refuse to let them control you.

Worrying about their possessions makes people peace-poor.

Here’s something obvious: Unnecessary stuff is unnecessary.

Materialism makes us proud of our possessions. It’s okay to succeed, but to be truly happy, we need to avoid greed.

Long lasting happiness comes from nonphysical reality like friendship and contentment, not from material things.

To buy into materialism is to purchase worry and concern about stuff.

I believe that nonmaterial things are more valuable than material things, for example, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

Materialism disregards non-financial assets and never includes them on a balance sheet.

If your bank account’s right but your heart’s not, you’ll stay in an emotional knot.

If you never tally your nonfinancial assets, you’ll never know how truly blessed you are.

People protect their possessions but tend to trivialize and toss away their time.

People who give you their time, attention, and friendship are giving you much more than people who only give you things.

Anybody can show off their stuff, but it takes great personal and spiritual growth to demonstrate godly character.

Materialism is to make a living without making a life full of love, joy, and inner peace.

You can never consume enough materialism to create a happy heart.

When money distracts you from the meaning and purpose of your life it makes you poor.

True net worth isn’t measured in money. It’s measured in service, kindness, and character.

Instead of keeping up your spending, perhaps it would be more effective to tone down and control your desires.

Heart matters matter more than money.

Materialism will never fully satisfy a human being. Contentment, happiness, purpose, and meaning must be found beyond it.

Buying and consuming
Things that you don’t need
Can be a form of greed.

Materialism tends to rob people of the joys of nature and the simple pleasures of daily life.

If you can’t be happy with a beautiful sky, you won’t be happy with a mansion.

Materialism is a distraction from true bliss — a soul at peace and full of joy.

More is never enough. Enough never needs more. Having food and clothing we can capture contentment. (1 Timothy 6:8)

Stuff-focused people miss out on the deep heart-to-heart connection that people-focused people enjoy.

People who refuse to let their heart feel deeply tend to fill up their life with distracting things.

Materialism is a very deceptive myth-perception — it’s the myth that things can satisfy the human heart.

Doing and being are more important than possessing.

People focus on material things when they don’t believe that they have anything else to focus on.

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