Are You Contented - What Is Enough?

1. The Perils of Unbridled Ambition: In today's society, it's commendable to set high goals and push your limits. However, the pursuit of these goals can sometimes lead to compromising important values and principles. Ambition, when taken to an extreme, can cause individuals to lose sight of ethical boundaries. This excessive ambition can even lead to calculated mistakes in the pursuit of success.

2. The Allure of Materialism: Many of us yearn for a lavish lifestyle – a spacious house, a luxurious car, and an array of expensive possessions. But it's crucial to question whether the relentless accumulation of material wealth is worth the sacrifices we make. Have we lost sight of the present in our pursuit of future gains?

3. The Temptation of Ill-Gotten Gains: Sometimes, in the quest for more, people resort to unethical means. They may cross boundaries, compromise their values, or engage in activities that harm others. This raises questions about the true cost of our desires and whether we are willing to compromise our integrity for them.

4. Separating Wants from Needs: A fundamental issue lies in distinguishing between wants and needs. Many of the things we accumulate are not necessary for our well-being. Reflecting on whether we truly need these possessions can help us find contentment without excess.

5. The Habit of Wanting More: Why do we continue to desire more even when we have enough? This desire might stem from the need to complete a collection or simply from the habit of always wanting more. Understanding the psychological underpinnings of this perpetual desire is essential in curbing it.

6. Gratitude for What We Have: Despite our never-ending desires, it's essential to appreciate what we already possess. There are countless individuals who lack even the basics of life, such as food and shelter. We should take a moment to recognize our privileges and be grateful for them.

7. The Question of Wealth: Why do some people accumulate immense wealth, while others struggle to make ends meet? Instead of being bothered by these disparities, we should acknowledge that we are already privileged if we can read this article. Access to education, information, and opportunities is a form of wealth in itself.

Are you contented – What is enough? When will this desire of always having more stop? When you have it in your hands, you want more, even double or triple and multiply, even things that don’t belong to you, even things that will damage you eventually during the process of acquiring? The greed and ambition level have gone to stage where you don’t belong to that realistic world, you lost control. (Within the limits and stretch over exceed the limits of one capacity after a little achievement which is misled into a calculated mistake. Some of this temporary achievement blinds the people.

Nothing wrong in setting high goals, pushing every limits. Are you compromising anything in the process of obtaining it? Or have you gone off-track to obtain it by other means? Everyone wants to stay in a huge house, drive a nice car, have plenty of luxury stuff, eating in posh restaurants. Did you lose much of your time accumulating?

I know you love yourself, you want to give yourself, your love ones your best. You worked extra hours to put 2 more dishes on the table. Within your means to make it better, not the future earnings for today. Do you feel the same when you use that dollar that don't belong to you.

Do you need it, in the first place? Many things we have acquired are not necessary.

Why do you still want it? To complete a collection, or purely just the habit of wanting more.

Be happy of what we have, there are so many people who never come close to what we have, and we are still not happy. They simple wish that everyday the meal is serve, they are already feeling very blessed. Don’t make sense sometime, people throw away things, while the other people longed to have.

Have you wonder why some people are so rich? .........

Why are you bothered by this rich or poor? Honestly, when you are able to read this book, you are considered rich. There's so many people who are not able to access to this book, Do you agree? Spend some deep thoughts.