Whats Your Stew?

Just half a thought here but I was wondering whats your bowl of stew? Don't answer me just think about it to yourself.

Read the story of Esau and Jacob... its in the Bible!

Esau sold his birthright to his brother Jacob for a bowl of stew - now that seems kind of stupid, and quite frankly it was. But thats what happens when you let you life be led by your hungers. Esau was hungry and he wanted food, in order to get the short term satisfaction of eating his soup he gave up the long term benefits of his birthright. Had Esau taken the time to carefully weigh the consequences of his actions do you really think he would have given up his birthright for soup? Probably not!

Esau gave up his God given blessing in order to fill his belly. So I ask you - what are you giving up in order to enjoy life a little more now?

Seriously think about it, we live in a society that is plagued by short term satisfaction. Credit Cards, fast food, and swiffer wet jet's have all taught us two things - have whatever you want now, and don't worry about paying for it later that will take care of itself. What is the result of this instant everything attitude? We have a society where people pay little if any attention to the consequences of there actions. People rack up huge debt buy things they don't need because they have been taught that if they arn't buying then they arn't happy. People are getting fat, eating crappy food, not because it tastes good or is cheap, its instantly available. People spend money buying time saving gadgets thinking it will make life easier - and all they do is waste their money.

Who ever said that you have to have a swiffer, yet most people have given into the craze and bought one (I'm a cheap German boy... I bought a knock off!). But think about it, how much more does it cost to own a swiffer verses a broom? It might not be that big of a deal to own a swiffer if you didn't have to continually buy more of those stupid pads. Now I have a knock off swiffer and no pads with which to use it.

I know its hard to do but if we as a people were to stop and think about the consequences of our actions in my opinion we would be financially freer, a little bit thinner, have a lot less guilt, and a lot more happiness.