“Oh please, this is more than enough!” I remember saying this myself at a lot of dinners and then helping myself for another spoonful of dessert…..I guess it’s not just with food, we use it with almost anything and anywhere! ……."Nothing" is ever enough for a human being!...we want more n more n more….the moment we achieve something, we are hungry for more….
Well, again it depends what u want more on what kind of a person you are ….If it’s a research scholar, finding the solution isn’t enough for them, finding more than one solution is what they want ! If its an athlete, winning national level games isn’t good enough, winning an Olympic medal and more n more of those medals to follow….If it’s professionals, all they want is raise in their salaries and a promotion every time an appraisal is done., the list is never ending !
“Is there ever a limit to what we want in life?” I have asked myself this question again and again, but the answer is the same always… “NO”….I don’t know how many of you get the same answer, but am sure there are an umpteen number out there! While there are people who want more and more for whatever it is they are doing (like me), there are people who always seem to hate what they are doing and want to do/have something that others do/have. While I belong to the “Not enough” category, the latter belong to “the grass is always greener on the other side” category. I have met people from both the categories but haven’t failed to notice that people from neither are content with what they have! Neither am I. Long before I started working, getting a job was the only thing that kept me awake at nights, but now that I have got one, I find myself always thinking about when and how to go to the next level, how to impress my superiors, how to get a good appraisal, etc. I can say that I am happy but not content! (I know a lot of you wouldn’t agree, but I somehow managed to see a thin line of difference between being happy and being content) The hunger was, is and will always be there I guess!
Well, I can say that at least I am happy, but I don’t think the second category ones aren’t even happy, leave alone being content. One thing I can say for sure is they can never be happy and never accept that they have enough, at least that’s my opinion. I know at some point I will say “this is enough” or at least I want to, but I wonder will they ever be able to say it? Will anyone of you ever be able to say it?
Well, again it depends what u want more on what kind of a person you are ….If it’s a research scholar, finding the solution isn’t enough for them, finding more than one solution is what they want ! If its an athlete, winning national level games isn’t good enough, winning an Olympic medal and more n more of those medals to follow….If it’s professionals, all they want is raise in their salaries and a promotion every time an appraisal is done., the list is never ending !
“Is there ever a limit to what we want in life?” I have asked myself this question again and again, but the answer is the same always… “NO”….I don’t know how many of you get the same answer, but am sure there are an umpteen number out there! While there are people who want more and more for whatever it is they are doing (like me), there are people who always seem to hate what they are doing and want to do/have something that others do/have. While I belong to the “Not enough” category, the latter belong to “the grass is always greener on the other side” category. I have met people from both the categories but haven’t failed to notice that people from neither are content with what they have! Neither am I. Long before I started working, getting a job was the only thing that kept me awake at nights, but now that I have got one, I find myself always thinking about when and how to go to the next level, how to impress my superiors, how to get a good appraisal, etc. I can say that I am happy but not content! (I know a lot of you wouldn’t agree, but I somehow managed to see a thin line of difference between being happy and being content) The hunger was, is and will always be there I guess!
Well, I can say that at least I am happy, but I don’t think the second category ones aren’t even happy, leave alone being content. One thing I can say for sure is they can never be happy and never accept that they have enough, at least that’s my opinion. I know at some point I will say “this is enough” or at least I want to, but I wonder will they ever be able to say it? Will anyone of you ever be able to say it?
