The other day a friend gave me one of those cool insulated water bottles. On the bottle was a sticker that gave the number of disposable plastic bottles that would be saved by using this reusable water bottle. (I never realized that plastic bottles were in need of being saved but perhaps that is another post.)

The sticker got me thinking – we really are a disposable society. We like to use something a few times and then throw it away. It’s much easier and faster. There is no need to clean it, store it or to take care of it. When we’re done with it or tired of it, we can toss it and replace it.

In many ways it feels as if this disposable mentality has infiltrated other areas of our lives. It has moved beyond the items we use in our external lives and has attacked us in the way we many of us see our self-worth.