Need and Greed

Need and greed........easy to get them confused.   Hard to be honest about what it is we really need......and even more difficult to admit greed.  Need and greed, a hard pill to swallow, a most difficult lesson to grasp.
What exactly do we need, and why is there so much greed?

We need shelter, food, safety, education, and love.........for the past couple of years, I have lectured myself on letting go of stuff......and at times made admirable steps towards letting it all go.......and then, well you get the picture.  Have we/I been so brainwashed by Madison Avenue that our greed has become an addiction?
I think so.

Affirmations, daily reminders, mantras.......I am using them all.......breaking this habit of thinking something is
need, when really it is my greed.  Need and greed, small words........but life changing.