When we were students, some of us were forced to be thrifty because we only had a small amount of money to spend for our needs. We lived on a limited allowance and tight budget. We just had enough for our fare, snacks, projects and a weekend movie, if there is extra. Our needs were many, our wants were few. But when we started to have a job and to earn our own money, suddenly we realized that our wants became as many as our needs, even more than our needs. And we wonder how our hard-earned money simply leaves our pockets, disappearing in a few moments, just as fast as it came. Having bought our personal necessities and finding out there is some extra cash, we think of something we have not had before (example, a cellphone or a branded pair of shoes); we buy it, but in a few days, there is a new model that is marketed as more efficient, more durable than what we have, and we buy. And the cycle continues, to the delight of the multi-millionaire owners of these products and services, to our regretful dismay.
This Sunday's psalm says: "The Lord is my shepherd. There is nothing I shall want.' Will I mean this if I say this?
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