Be Satisfied with Your Lot

Our daily lives are made up - from morning to night - with the desire for more. It seems we cannot stop ourselves from looking for the next best thing around that will help us to gain more. And by more - we usually mean money! I'm no expert when it comes to monitoring every possible Google search, but there are enough "How do I become a millionaire?" and "How do I use 'Internet tool...' to become a millionaire?" searches around to know that people are looking for that quick fix of instantaneously coming into A LOT of wealth - and fast! Ironically - when you do these searches, you'll be presented with hundreds of thousands of "know it all" sites that will lead you (apparently!) to becoming a millionaire. Once you've been through them all, you may wonder why it still hasn't happened - and if per chance you did find that one in a "million" site that does seem to answer all your questions, you may be wondering why the person himself had such a need to share his/her secrets with the world if indeed they've already hit the jackpot!

Maybe that magical site isn't really out there after all. If you do know it, please pass it on, I'd like to add it as a link on my own site. It will generate tremendous traffic for me and assist me in reaching that target audience I myself am looking for. So how are we going to ever get it? I mean the millions, the wealth and all that glorious happiness we think the Internet will give us? (Internet: That place many of us spend hours of time on each day in the hope of getting something better in life than life itself.)

A great man by the name of Simon ben Zoma asked a question. He said, "Who is happy?" and he answered, "He who is happy with his lot - he who is happy with his portion (in life.)" His wording was accurate, he did not say, "he who is happy with his Lotto winnings," nor did he say, "he who is happy with his Porshe." Rather he chose to stop himself a syllable or two before the material objects - and confine himself to higher "spiritual" pursuits.

We keep looking at the neighbour - and his wonderful garden which always seems so green! And we keep wondering why the grass is always greener on the other side. Until sometimes, one peers over and realises there's also a nasty smell coming from it - and as one peeks over, one sees that it's actually filled with manure! Sure it's green - sometimes! But that's often because of the "manure" that ends up dirtying the air for everyone else - and himself!

We need to refocus - and see what it is that we do have - every single day. Achieving that great goal - double where we are now - is always in front of us. But we cannot forget and must not forget to look at ourselves and what we do have. Is it a husband/wife? Children maybe? A holiday we've been able to experience together (even though we don't own the four by four to get us there!) Or maybe it was just a day spent together at home enjoying each others' company.

I guess it's not only manure that can make the grass greener after all. It may be just a little more water... and perhaps some sunshine too... just a little more often...