The more we have, the less we are grateful for things...
Those who possess next to nothing seem to have the greatest level of contentment. One of those bizzare ironies of life.
Ofcourse this does not neccesarily apply to all situations but my point is, having more makes us ungrateful for what is present before us. It's as if we become blind to the obvious and can only see that which is in a distance.
'Tis a terrible curse...
"Don't ever forget to kiss your mama goodnight"
We are constantly vying for an edge over our fellow beings. Financially, academically, spiritually etc...
People call it ambition; it's a good thing to have, otherwise our existence would be in perpetual stagnation. But we do have a tendency of taking it too far...
Ambition is kind of like that large encyclopedia in a library. As a child we use it as a step-ladder to help us (and all those who follow) reach the books on the higher shelves.
As grown-ups we don't really require the encyclopedia's assistance to reach the higher shelves, but now it is used for another purpose: to knock all others off the ledge. We now use the encyclopedia to successfully eliminate all competition for the the higher shelves.
But then in our pursuit of keeping all others off, we lose focus of our original objective: to reach higher and become better than what we started out as.
