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Why?

By / 4 October 2008

One thing I’m wondering is why, even when we know heaps, is action always so slow to follow?

Why, when we know that money and more material stuff doesn’t bring happiness, do we continue to spend and consume like always? Why, when we know that earning more money won’t make us happier (unless we’re in financial trouble, which is another thing), do we still work ever longer hours that we could be spending with family and friends? Why do we never seem to have ‘enough’?

Why is the wisdom of simplicity so often only a quaint theoretical concept, rather than one we live our day-to-day lives by?

Drives me crazy sometimes. Anyone else out there know what I’m talking about?

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This site is run by the Social Justice Commission of the Anglican Church.

We seek to nurture justice spirituality and imagination, and engage in advocacy in all areas of life, overcoming poverty and transforming violence.

We encourage people to think and live “justly”, and emphasise debate and action on local, national and global issues.

Although we are Anglican, our vision isn’t so much about being Anglican. It’s about living justly. Justice is about how you live your life, and being just where we are. Working together, we can all flourish.

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