RE: When is it enough?
11-01-2011 10:34 PM
I like that you stopped to reflect and question what you want from all these.
I feel that the pursuit of more and more mones, in search for the holy grail, can be as consuming and obsessive as every other and any other pursuit in life - riches, women, power, status and so on.
in fact, sometimes I feel it myself, when mones start to occupy my mind throughout the day. or when i immediately think of what mones to wear for an upcoming social situation. or when i analyze everyday on what could have been better, what mones i should have worn.
people become test subjects, and fun, laughter and love become packaged into a powerful new mix, instead of something experienced spontaneously. if not careful i start to miss out on the deep, genuine relationships even while i score more and more hits.
there is a saying, "happiness is like a butterfly - the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. but if you turn your attention to other things it comes and softly sits on your shoulder."
sometimes all these become tiring, and all i want to sit down with a good friend, enjoy the breeze in our hair, reminisce about the old days, and have a good laugh. where i don't have to have the edge on every social situation, where i don't have to be alpha and strong always.
where i can give and love and laugh and edify. where i can be real and human and vulnerable. where i can empathize and comfort and cry. mones or not, the most liberating thing i find is to love others, and i try to remind myself to do so often.
in this manner, mones can then be used for good - for myself, and for others. don't pursue mones, pursue people.
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