Whatever You Make Your Master, You Will Serve!

People all around us are serving different materialistic masters. I have guilt associated with not having my priorities in the right place in the past. In this episode, I will share some thoughts about masters some people serve. Please visit Amazon.com and check out Boss Flow to purchase incredible PMS gummies. Enter B-O-S-S-F-L-O-W as your discount code to receive 10% off your order. https://www.gotoquiz.com/whats_your_number_one_priority_in_life (Priorities in Life Quiz)- Click on the link if you want to analyze your priorities in life. 0:07 Good evening and welcome to my humble podcast abode. I am Cocoa Griot, you know, the fifty-something who gets out glowy inside when she gets to talk to you guys about life, love, and a plethora of other topics. Well, I had an interesting conversation a few weeks ago with a gentleman that sparked me to thinking about people and things. He said, "I know he drove a Subaru Forester, but what car do you really want?" Excuse me?" I was totally taken aback. I said, "I drive a Subaru Forester because I want to drive a Subaru Forester." And he said," Well, you probably really want a Mercedes or BMW or something like that." I said, "No, I'm driving what I want to drive." Then I started thinking about how people are so fascinated with materialism and in society. It seems to be very difficult to be yourself, and people are constantly trying to put you into this materialistic mode. Well, I work very hard to live a minimalist lifestyle. I truly believe that when you make things your Master, you're going to be miserable in life, and whatever you make your master, you will serve. How did we get to this place where we assign people value based on the things they own? We will praise morally bankrupt celebrities, just because they are rich and famous. We will downplay people who can have hearts of gold, but they are not wealthy. For fun, I placed a life priorities quiz in my show notes. I was not surprised by my results. Family is now my number one priority. Give it a try and see where yo