It's the disease of our lives, we always want more, we don't stop and look around and try to be happy. We compare ourselves with others, we want what they have. Not only tangibles but also intangibles. We want a thinner body, longer hair, coloured eyes (if yours are brown). Think about a second where you were actually happy with everything you have. mmmmm so long ago? Yeah probably when it was when you were a child but even then you were jealous of a nicer toy that your friend had or the bigger room he/she had. But back then they were temporary feeling you knew you couldn't do anything about it so you were pretty chilled and you were happy with the things your parents have provided. When did we stop being happy?
We can go all the way back to the invention of money maybe but what's the point of blaming Lydians. The dynamics of modern society are so different now we either fit in or stand out. But even the way we stand out is with a group. We want to be a part of a group, then we want to be a part of another group yet again we want more.
In todays market where almost any good is reachable we seek to have them all until we get tired. When we are young we have to find a job, earn money fit in/ stand out, find our personality... And there goes the youth then maybe you get married maybe you don't maybe you have kids maybe you don't but always want more and more, never stop asking. And IF you stop asking one day, you realise that you don't have the strength to realise what you wanted to realise, you didn't enjoy life as much as you could have. But on the other hand in this money driven society if you didn't ask for more you would be broke and yet again you wouldn't have realised most of your dreams but maybe you would have been happier and you would enjoy the life more. So the question is when is the right time to say enough and stop wanting more?
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