This is the way that most people in our culture are choosing to live their lives.  And like me, they feel the external pressure to succeed and do and accumulate, but it is too much, and even though they (we) choose it for themselves, at some point it feels like being on a forced march, like doing it because you have to, not because you want to.  It doesn’t bring you peace, comfort or joy.  I want to be happy.  I want a simple life, a good life.   

© Salahub 2003