#Enough_is_no_longer_enough
A Paradigm Shift From Ordinary to Extraordinary Desire...
Being extraordinary and exceptional have become the ultimate goal of man in our today's world. No one wants to desire the ordinary any longer.
This human quest to be more important and greater than everyone else have made human lives fragile and full of misery.
Because of the above quest, we have deviated from valuing the primary purpose of every creation or invention to value its Secondary or innovated purpose.
For instance; the primary desire of having clothing just to cover our nakedness and protect our body has been defeated. It is now the extraordinary desire to be more fashionable and gorgeous than others that matters. This made it that wearing of clothing is no longer enough, but wearing of a costly and more fashionable ones that matters.
Cars are no longer desired by the basis of it fulfilling the transportation purpose, but based on how latest the model is .
Houses are no longer built for the sole desire to providing shelter, but now with the desire to demonstrate how wealthy we are when compared with our neighbors etc.
Due to these man made and ego driven importance we attach to things, human life has become a stress. Valuing things more than life.
Depression, pressure and anxiety have become the prime features of the present day man. Always fighting a fight that will never end. A fight to become more important than others.
That is why a man with a phone is no longer comfortable because it is not the latest model.
Even a man with food is no longer satisfied, because it is not up to the newly invented standard.
Many with life are not even happy because their life is not as they expected it to be, may be they wanted it to be like the life of that man next door.
Misery grows as we raise the benchmark bars of every achievements, rendering the common less important and enticing ourselves to fight for more.
My questions are, how extraordinary do you want your life to be before you can enjoy it? Have you placed your happiness on a paused button waiting to achieve a certain level of development or success?
Wait a minute ;
Show me the person who has achieved a lasting joy by achieving his material goals and I will show you a less materialistic person. The happiness of every material achievement goes with the achievement. How modern is your house or cars of last years?
The truth is that if you are not happy with the little you have now, you won't be happy with the many you will acquire subsequently.
It is said that though the rich may experience more pleasure than the poor, but they also require more pleasure to be equally satisfied.
Life is like a candle light, the moment it is lighted, it waits for no one and the parts lost can never be gained back and it ends once it finishes. So, enjoy your life with whatever you have. Never let your want steal your joy of having. After all, no one goes to the grave with his/her possessions.
So, it will be a grave mistake to measure your worth by your possessions. We are all equal in the sight of God.
The bottom line is ;do good with whatever you have.
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