When we desire or solicit anything, our minds run wholly on the good side or circumstances of it; when 'tis obtained, our minds run wholly on the bad ones.
Well, I had origanlly chose the one about religion and love but then when I saw other people write about it I chose this one because no one else had yet. Anyways this thought slightly reminded me of "Eat, Drink, and Be Merry for tommorow you die" because it's about immediate pleasure and doing anything and everything to get what you want. This very thought is how advertising is run, consumers are told that they arn't good enough or that they must have this new product; but as soon as the new products are bought; bigger, better, and more improved products show up and those must be bought.
The thought also made me think of relationships and how our society has convinced us to rush in fast without thought and maybe get married and when "our minds run wholly on the bad ones", so what? Theres always divorce right? So now we end up with third and fourth marriages from the same mistakes made over again and children being shipped across town or state from parent to parent once a week. Am I the only one who sees something wrong with this?
that's awesome how you connected those two. I never would have thought of that but after you pointed it out, that totally makes sense.. and you are completely right. Divorce is a horrible thing and even worse when there are children involved.
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