I cannot stop perceiving how Americanculture is dedicated to shaping peoples mind through a single thought, havingfun above all things.I am talking about people ingeneral, which includes Christians. Above all things, I believe, should be somethingcompletely different from this mere feeling.By living based on feelings,people are no more prepared to face the challenges of a human life. I canillustrate with a single example. I was astonished by hearing a colleaguecomplaining about his experiences in parenting his little child. After complainingabout different aspects of this noble task, the conclusion was, You cannot have any fun by doing that!Now, tell me, what is the problemwith not having fun for some time? What is the problem in feeling bad just for awhile, if this is necessary to help someone else? Love, a comprehensive misunderstoodword, also means to give oneself's life for the good of the other. Love is an attitudethat normally requires sacrifice! Isthere any fun? Not momentarily, but will produce fruits that remain forever.Things have drastically changedto make the scenario even worse. Industrial revolution; consumer markets capitalism, propaganda. The reality is that people have been swallowed up bythe concept of modernity, which include the millions of dollars they need to investto have as much fun as possible. People are even considering living as close aspossible to the fun stages. Stadiums,shopping malls, restaurants. Fun places around home makes any property costtwice the price. Why? FUN. Funalways justifies it. In fact, buying and zombiely watching things have becomethe great god of happiness for Americans. Some hundred years ago, almost 50% ofthe people used to live on farms. Now, we are talking about some 1%. Together withthe increase of immigration comes the increase of depression, stress,unhappiness, suicide and other heart and psychological diseases. Little wonder somepeople are looking the countryside as the main goal after retirement, given areversal picture often criticized.My experiences with non-Christianor so-called Christians have been basically hearing their boast of how often theyare eating in certain restaurants and how they have spent the money theyreceived in exchange of their own lives and the life of their loved ones. Thereis superficial and momentary joy and the name of God, believe me, is never evermentioned. Fun, fun, fun, but no God atall! At least the God of the Bible. It is clear how God is far away from theirminds and hearts. Both the minds and the hearts of most of our fellow Westernsare in things, earthly things.I cannot stop remembering thewords of the Apostle Paul on this matter. He gave a holy orientation not only concerningthe mind of Christians, but also concerning the heart. Do not have them here(this world) by any means. It is not an option, it is a natural response since,as he himself affirms, we have been crucified to the world, and the world hasbeen crucified to us (see Galatians 6:14).Pauls orientation starts withthe word since, which means, in view of that. In this case, he is saying, sinceyou have been raised up with Christ, or, in other words, based on this view, that youare true Christians, you shall change your mindset. For