Image is VERY expensive!!!

Image is VERY expensive!!!  It is expensive to try and "keep
up with the Jones's," so to speak, in EVERY way.

Image is VERY expensive when middle age parents, for the
sake of their IMAGE, ignore the love needed by their young
children and teenagers.

Image is VERY expensive when political leaders try to smile
and tell us how successful they and their ideas are...all the
while knowing that "something is VERY wrong."

Image is VERY expensive to the reality of the situation when
a preacher tells everyone the "way" they should be is ALWAYS
happy and joyful or something is wrong with them.

   Ecclesiastes 7
   2 It is better to go to a house of mourning
   than to go to a house of feasting,
   for death is the destiny of every man;
   the living should take this to heart.
   3 Sorrow is better than laughter,
   because a sad face is good for the heart.
   4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
   but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.