It's perfectly natural to hold shallow thoughts. However, this becomes unnatural when this is all a person has to fill their life. By offering more and caring about the truly important matters in life, you will get so much more in return.

    There is absolutely nothing wrong with getting excited about the smaller things in life. If waiting for your monthly magazine subscription or looking forward to your favourite television programme puts a smile on your face, then that's a good thing. What's not so great is when deeply shallow people don't have anything more to offer. They also have nothing more to gain.

    Take a leaf out of Craig Busch and Karen Grey Brook's book. They run Zion Wildlife Garden's in New Zealand, a renowned sanctuary for big cat's. Both are unbelievably inspirational and highly dedicated individuals who, for four years lived in one bedroom ex-quarantine facility in the park. They are a publicly funded organisation which allows them to preserve such a remarkable species. No doubt they enjoy the simple things in life but that's ok because they possess such a giving nature that the rewards themselves reap the benefits.

    Those who hold no significant meaning or value just simply end up coasting through life. Some may feel fine with this but those who constantly feel empty won't achieve fulfilment unless they do something about it. There are many ways in which we can all make a difference, even if it isn't something on a grand scale. Some times in life, the best things are the simple things.

    Making a difference doesn't necessarily mean having to spend a lot of money or give up too much valuable free time, maybe even none at all. Find something that you feel passionate about and persevere with it. Trust me, it will make your life seem full. There isn't really such a thing as a selfless act but that's ok. Just by carrying out a good deed, it's still a good deed even if it makes you feel good about yourself. In my opinion, it's even better because not only do you help someone else but you help yourself too and there's nothing wrong with that.

    If everyone in the world only cared about superficial things such as designer labels, fancy cars, posh houses, etc, it would be a very selfish and uncaring society. Yet if a person was to also care about deeper things in life such as poverty, child and animal cruelty, homelessness, etc, then it would make caring about shallow things seem less insignificant.

    So, start by donating some of those superficial possessions to charity, volunteer at a shelter, help those less fortunate because if the shoe was on the other foot, wouldn't you want to live in a more caring society and be helped by those luckier than yourself?

    撑握一般的思想是极其自然的。然而，当一个人用整个生命去做这的时候，就变得反常了。在生活中多点奉献和关心真正重要的事，你将得到的回报也更多。

    在生活中为更小的事情而兴奋绝对没有错。如果满带笑容地等待订阅的月刊，或者期待着最喜爱的电视节目，这是一件愉快的事。十分浅薄的人没有为任何事情做出奉献时，就不是这么伟大了。他们也得不到任何东西。

    从Craig Busch 和Karen Grey Brook合著的书中取出一片叶子。他们经营着新西兰锡安野生动植物园，一个饲养着大型猫科动物的著名圣地。他们在野生动植物园的卧室（前检疫设施）生活了四年，他们是具有难以相信的灵感和强烈献身精神的个体。他们是一个充许他们保护这一异常的物种的公共资助的组织。毫无疑问他们喜欢生活中简单的事情，但是这很好，因为他们如此沉浸在给予自然界的工作中，以至于他们也获得了收益。

    没有撑握生命重大意义或价值的这些人只能简单而顺利地结束生命。一些人可能因为这样而感觉很好，但是经常感觉生活空虚的这些人除非做一些事，否则将没有成就感。即使生命中有些事情没有隆重规模，我们创造不同也有很多方法。在生命中，有时最好的事就是简单的事。

    创造不同不一定就意味着必需发费大量的金钱或放弃太多宝贵的空闲时间，甚至可能根本不做什么。发现你感兴趣和为这而努力奋斗的事。相信我，这将将让你的生命看起来充实。真正没有自私的行为这件事，但这很好。即使你实现一种良好行为让你自我感觉良好，这也是一种良好行为。依我看来，这比以前更好，因为你不公帮助了别人，也帮助了你自己且做错了也没什么。

    如果世界上的每一个人只关心带有设计者标签的商品，高档汽车，豪宅等表面的东西，这将是非常自私和不关心社会的行为。但是如果一个也能够关心穷人，儿童和虐畜罪等这些生活中的较深的事情，这会比关心肤浅的东西要有意义得多。

    所以，从捐赠一些肤浅的财产给慈善机关和在,避难所的志愿者开始吧！帮助这些不太幸运的人，让其它的人要是穿了鞋子, 难道你不想生活在一个拥有更多关爱的社会和得到比你幸运的这些人的帮助吗？