so many things, and yet . . .

Material things don’t feed the soul. Since 1970 there’s been a 47% increase in U.S. consumption per capita, yet there has been a 51% decline in the quality of life during that same period. The bottom line bottoms out. Since 1960 our U.S. gross domestic product has nearly tripled. During the same time there was a 560% increase in violent crime, more than a 400% increase in illegitimate births, a quadrupling of divorces, a 200% increase in teen suicides. So many people have so many things and yet are so spiritually empty.