SATisfaction

Humans in general are never satisfied nor contented. WHY IS THAT?There are the few who have learned to be satisfied and i am sure amongst the few of you who reads "my 2 cents" there is 1 or 2 satisfied/contented people. That I am hoping because i hope that there is that possibility of attaining satisfaction and contentment in life.
Not to get all philisophical on you people and not that i am a staunch Buddhist but if we just follow Gautama Buddha's general message of following the middle path - The Buddha taught the eightfold path based on the simple truth that to crave is to suffer.

So, i thought, why not post a blog on GREED to remind myself and others out there that though we are human and we are hardly satisfied and contented, we should always try to be, if not, for once in a while.

It is for one's own good to learn to be contented in life. Everytime I tell people that i would be happy to ultimately earn RM15k a month and that was enough. Each reply that came back was on similar grounds "Its because you don't have it now, thats why you think its enuff BUT when you actually get the RM15k, you'd want more". Why is it that people always drum it into other people's mind that ENOUGH IS NEVER ENOUGH?- Maybe I m just being idealistic and that i truly believe RM15k is enuff. It may not be enough for those who dream to attain wealth in the kind of owning yachts, having holiday homes somewhere else or flying to Europe just to shop and party [e.g.], BUT for lil old me, i believe its enuff, i came in touch with reality and learn to accept the little things in life and to learn to be happy with it. I mean, RM15k, reasonable crib, reasonable car, reasonable lifestyle. Everything would be reasonable unless kids come into the picture and if they ever do, i believe that things alway work out. Instead of losing touch of reality and dreaming of yachts and PAris and all the expensive things in life. -

Don't get me wrong people, I am not telling anyone to not strive for what they want in life, if you have the calibre and the opportunity to get that yacht, to go to PAris and to buy all the expensive things in life [e.g.], I am glad for you and my advice is to give it your all and grab it. Do not set limits on your dreams and ambitions but do not let that drive and determination for your dreams and ambitions turn into greed. Because once greed is part of your nature, when you achieve your dreams and ambitions it will never be enough. Nothing in your life will be enuff.
Now, that was all the material things in life. Lets assume that you have received the ultimate material point then you might be lacking on an emotional point or a physical one. Then what?

One will not be happy if you are forever striving for something and never reaching a point when you say "i'm contented".

So, an advice to a particular dear old friend ...
"To GREED, all nature is insufficient" by Seneca {Roman philosopher, mid-1st century AD}

"He who is always GREEDY is always in want" by Horace {Ancient Roman poet 65BC - 8BC}

"EVERYTHING does not necessarily mean MORE" by c3lyn60h {010805}

... so learn to be satisfied with what you have and what you have been bestowed. Stop comparing yourself to those who have more than you and envy them but look to those who have less and be grateful.