Penguin RushBetween longing and not being grateful
It is in human nature of not feeling (easily) satisfied with what we have and acquire. But there is a difference between longing for something or someone and not being grateful with what we already have.Like for example, parents who hardly make ends meet, would long for more money so that they can no longer be in debt and their family can live comfortably. They have money, but they long for more. But how? They long for the promotion or the raise or winning the competition that offers $ 1 million as the first prize. Or, maybe they do have their own financial plans of getting ahead. Perhaps writing and publishing a book, opening a restaurant or be a financial consultant by selling insurance products.
Or how about, a single father who raises his daughter to be the best that she can be. He pours all his love and attention to his ‘pumpkin’ hoping that it is enough. But what if it’s not enough? What if she still longs for the mother that she never had, the attention that she rightly deserved?
It is all right and natural to long for something or someone. It usually happens when a certain need is not (fully) fulfilled. It does not mean that we are greedy and not being thankful to God. Longing for something or someone keeps us alive and willing to fight to move one. In some ways, it keeps us happy. But longing for them obsessively can tear us apart from the inside. It will make us very unhappy.
However, it is NOT right and NOT natural to be greedy and never ever satisfied with what we have. Usually in such cases, elements of evil are involved. We’ve heard cases of happily married men who still chase after prostitutes and mistresses, or even resort to raping innocent women. Or how about Mr. Wealthy who is lucky enough to build his fortune, still wanting to accumulate more for his own good. He never wants to part some of his wealth for the good of his community. He’s even willing to get involved in some illegal transactions just so that the figures in his bank accounts keep increasing.
So, who are you?
posted by The Pisces Man @ 8:00 pm
1 Comments:
I am more of a 'longer' actually. But we still have to examine our needs/desires once a while so that we don't actually fall in the other category.
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