What I think is more likely the culprit when someone overconsumes, is a lack of value (not a lack of values).

When I have not valued myself, that is, believed myself to be valuable, I have tried inadvertently to be valuable by gaining (and therefore being associated with) things of value.

In the chase or in the compromises we break from our wholeness and natural integrity. We abandon our soul and grow more and more distanced from our core values and highest commitments. We find ourselves trapped in a cycle of disconnection and dissatisfaction. We start to believe the profit-driven commercial and cultural messages that suggest money

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