There are two sides to the desire to get more. We are either content with what we already have and enjoy creating new things, or we are miserable and feel that we can find happiness in something outside of ourselves.
We are told that through hard work and incessant effort we can have or be anything we want. If we aren’t getting the results, we need to do more, to fight and struggle to get it.
Don’t stop until you get enough. Michael Jackson made that sentiment come alive in a catchy song.
But what is enough?
First you decide what you think it is that you want, the thing that will make you happy forever and ever. It might be finding your soulmate, getting fit, having a certain job or starting your own business. It could be any number of things, but the bottom line is that you have decided you need this in your life to be complete.
You believe that you aren’t already enough. Something needs to come into your life so you can be whole, and then you will be happy.
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