How prosperity has overshadowed our values and beliefs 35 Articles

by Donna Marie Gray

As Consumers, We Are Obsessed With Consuming... If It's Offered for Sale, They will come: This article depicts how we, as consumers, are addicted to buying whatever is offered to us by way of marketing experts, whether...read more

by Ray Fauteux

The luxury car zips along the highway. Soundless, smooth, and perfect in every way. The brilliant Summer sun is overhead and the sky is a stunning blue. Yet you are oblivious. Your windows are sealed tight and the air cond...read more

by Jessie Gerdes

The only way to make it in life today is to have money. It has turned into cut throat world whether your in the business field or something else. When it comes to money many literally will do what ever they can no matter w...read more

by Mary Franz

Do we have it too good? My initial answer is "no" looking at my own life. We are a one income family, own one vehicle and are currently renting. My kids are not in a thousand activities, we do not own a high-def TV and ...read more

by Lori Pedersen

Why is it that we as an intelligent society, would sit back and permit a person who is beautiful to be compensated more than a person who must come face to face with criminals on a daily basis? Why is it that we as a deve...read more

by Francesca Collins

Prosperity - the dream of all, to the horror of many. The dream of many - to their horror too. Prosperity has become wealth, monetary and possessions. It has changed from being able to pay bills, buy food, pay for...read more

by Dawn Hawkins

We are all guilty of this to some extent. We want it all. That is what our American society teaches us from day one. We teach our children that the most important thing in life is getting a really great paying job that wil...read more

by Tami Roxanne Barker Norman

How has prosperity overshadowed our values and beliefs in our society, today? Well, this is an obvious and rather easy question to answer, because the answer can for certain be seen as it's all around us. The answer is and...read more

by Carey Rutherford

The Flea Market: she's from serbia, and her accent is thick though she's been here for 8 years, and knows our pop culture inside out. perhaps because she's an artist painting and observing and expressing and all that. ...read more

by Leslie Driesen

It seems like everywhere I look, American culture is obsessed with prosperity and money. People base their personal value on a pay check or what they own. We have taken "keeping up with the Jones'" to a whole new level o...read more

by Shelly Mcrae

Prosperity is a state of economic well being, of being free from poverty, and I, for one, am all for prosperity. I like having a nice house, a nice car, living in a good neighborhood and being able to afford organic foo...read more

by EMSalem

Prosperity dims our eyes to the beautiful things of the world that is ours by simply looking at them. It is no longer enough to walk alone in lush woodlands and to sit outside and listen to the birds; with our newly acquir...read more

by Sandra Lopez

Prosperity has overshadowed our values and beliefs because we no have a sense of community or loyalty to our own country. There was a time in America when people cared about each other, when your knew your neighbors and th...read more

by Tracy Almiqdad

Our society seems to be under the impression that you can buy happiness. We are bombarded by advertisements which imply that our lives will somehow be better if we buy their products. The funny part about this is that many...read more

by Kaila Crumpley

We've all heard the stories of Jesus. The inspirational monks. These things were lessons learned long ago, and things we have forgotten for the sake of luxury. We have our greedy souls, and this is a product of a never sat...read more

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by Marc Latham

Why do we chase growth, growth, growth? As a writer trying to make a living growth is good; as the more money there is around, then the more money you're likely to receive. When people start tightening their finances...read more

by Rosa James

I write from the perspective of a stay at home mom, wife of a man who makes enough money to keep us under a roof, driving a car, paying the bills and buying groceries. We own our home, we aren't starving, we drive a mini-...read more

by Mary Kelly-Godley

Now that the so called Celtic Tiger has transformed our Emerald Isle have we sacrificed our souls in the name of prosperity? Undoubtedly as a nation we are more adventurous and wealthier than ever before but as a conseq...read more

by Brandon Davis

The entire world has been, is, and will forever be consumed with a desire for more. It is an unending, viscous war, and comes at the cost of many lives that would have been lived happily. Commonly believed is the notion th...read more

by Mark Allison

"Your money or your life," so goes the setup line to the old joke. "I am thinking about it," comes the comic reply. And what a choice it is. Prosperity is the direct result of the ability to make money. American socie...read more