You bloggers have been of no help in giving me suggestions for birthday presents. Tsk. (ok i'm kidding) But i've decided to ask my mom for a electric guitar & amp which she will hopefully get for me. Since my sis got a guitar for her 21st, I don't see why i can't get a guitar since its soooo much cheaper than a piano. Dad's against it though. Dang!
It occured to me that us humans are never easily satisfied. After being given something, materialistic or not, we tend to seek/ask for more. Be it in friendships or relationships, it is a constant characteristic in every single one of us. Why is that? Is it that impossible to be truly satisfied with what has already been given and not ask for more? Given that perhaps most times we don't verbally ask for it, but it is there and we all know it exists - the want/need for more.
For example, we see a trait in someone close that makes us unhappy and/or uncomfortable, decide after much deliberation that for the best of everyone, we ought to tell that person to "change". He/she sees your point of view, does his/her best to change & everyone is glad with it. Somehow that change may not be good enough or some other distasteful characteristic becomes prominent, and it becomes a vicious cycle. Just because the person agreed once, we'd expect the person to agree once more, or multiple times after that.
Am i making sense? It applies to materlistic things too. Shall not define it, you figure it out.
It just makes me wonder, why we all can't just be happy with the simple things in life, rather than demand it to be given on a silver platter.
*guilty as charged*
12 August 2005
Simple Satisfaction
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Cup That Cake
12:36 AM
- UBERMAN! 3:53 AM
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its how we evolve, when u stop asking for more. u stop wanting to change what can be better. i don't see anything wrong in wanting more. but forcing something like that could be detrimental, its good to ponder on what cld be and so on. catch my drift?
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I'm guilty bout that too! - I guess that is our 'human' element and would require alot of effort from us to be satisfied with what we have... :P