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I once thought...

It is great to build large stone buildings
To sit for hours eating popcorn staring at a TV
To drive the nicest car as fast as possible
Using as many gadgets as my fingers can handle

To live in a large house
with many things that,
well, I only use once

I once thought highly of an affluent life.
I thought it sustainable, and feasible for the entire world
I figured we could all live in AC and run everything always.

I was taught wrong, and thought wrong.
We are taking ourselves too far into something that is not good.
And we are missing out on what we once had