"Death of a Salesman", by Arthur Miller, is one of my all time favorite plays. I read it in High School as part of a literature class. The play is about Willy Lowman, a salesman, that has the dream of becoming rich, successful, and well liked. It becomes an obsession of his that gradually sends him over the edge.When I first read the play, I remember thinking about how sad it was. Here was this guy that never gets to enjoy life, because he is pursuing his idea of the "American Dream". His continuous grasping for money and success lead him to a life of loneliness and despair.
I think we all should strive to be successful and be rewarded, monetarily, for our hard work. However, when that consumes our lives, we become like the character Willy Lowman. Even if we achieve success and riches, when we don't take time for the truly important things in life, like God and family, we will never be able to achieve true happiness.
2 comments:
Good sermon from Willy.
Coming to work this morning I heard a gospel song that made me think of your blog. The repeated lyric was
"It's not what you have, but who you know." Just an interesting connection.
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