| preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values. |
I disagree with that wholeheartedly. I don't see how you can't completely love material things and still have a love for spiritual and religious things.
I don't think that loving material items causes you to reject anything that you wouldn't already choose to reject yourself.
I have been called materialistic.
And that's fine.
I DO love material things.
Buying things makes me happy.
More happy than most things.
But it doesn't compare to the way my heart feels when I'm standing in church singing the words, "Indescribable, uncontainable. You place the stars in the sky and you know them by name. You are amazing God."
But yes, I do love material things.
Some people just don't understand the feeling I get when I buy a new pair of shoes. For that moment in time I feel that nothing is wrong in the world. I just have me and my beautiful new pair of shoes.
Another thing people don't understand is my fascination with celebrities. This may come from my materialism, and probably does.
I don't know if I can even explain why I'm so interested in famous people's lives. I can only try.
I think that since I have always wanted to be famous part of it must come from jealousy or from idolization.
I do want what they have.
Not only their clothes, shoes, hair stylists, bodies, etc...
But I want people to scream for me when I walk down the street.
I want people to recognize me when I walk into a room.
I want people to like me.
I want people to want to be me.
That may be selfish. That may just be dumb.
But that's me.
