Have you ever stayed up too late, and zoned out with the T.V. on? I remember growing up they were always selling the euro 3000, ginsu's, pearl Creme "It make you look year younger", flo-bee's (the vacuum hair cutter that really sucked), clap on, answering machine tapes with songs, and many more.
Now we have the Sham-wow, slap chop, oxy-anything, snuggies, the Foreman grill, and so many more.

Well all these have a specific purpose, they can comfort, clean, cut, cook, and make us sooo happy. I mean did you ever see anyone on the info-mercial who was mad, no the only time they were mad is when they couldn't hang up clothes in their closet (which is another issue of hand eye coordination), but when they got that nifty hanger that collapses they were so happy. The marketing guys of these products knew what they were doing. So many of us fell for thier smiles, and fell for thier crapy products.
None the less our lives were now suddenly simpler, our families stopped fighting, and there were rainbows all around and gum drop mountians.....ok not really.
My point in this is a short and simple one. Why do we look for so much satisfaction in stuff? Why do we try to tell ourselves that if we have the latest gadgets (ipods, pdas, 2010 camaro's, big houses) and material possessions that life will be simpler and easier? The answer is because we buy into the lies, we don't listen to our heart, we use our head. The point here is God has placed in each one of us a void, and this void can only be filled with God. No amount of flo-bee's, snuggies, clappers, or sham-wow's will take God's place.