My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it.
—
Ursula K. Le Guin (via observando)
Words from a goddess of sci-fi.
Love People, Not Pleasure
This search for fame, the lust for material things and the objectification of others — that is, the cycle of grasping and craving — follows a formula that is elegant, simple and deadly:
Love things, use people.
It is the worldly snake oil peddled by the culture makers from Hollywood to Madison Avenue. You want to be free of the sticky cravings of unhappiness and find a formula for happiness instead. How? Simply invert the deadly formula and render it virtuous:
Love people, use things.
Easier said than done, I realize. It requires the courage to repudiate pride and the strength to love others