having it all and nothing at all
Is it possible to have everything?
I have been thinking about this all evening. To have everything in life is what we all strive for isn't it? But is it at all possible? Would we even know what "everything" was and when we had achieved it, if we did? Is there a moment in life when you can sit back and say "Yeah, I have everything".
I don't think it is part of human nature to let us rest at some point and say yes this is it, I want for no more. We always want more. If only we had a good job, if only we had a partner, if only we had the big house, if only we had children, if only, if only..we keep adding to our list.
And everytime we choose another thing to make our life perfect another thing gets lost along the way. More money - work harder, less time for family and friends; have children less time for career, less time for self; bigger house, bigger debt; and no matter what we have someone is always going to have more. We never notice those that have less.
What is everything? Is it material things? Spiritual things? Animal, mineral or hoax? What are we buying into? Is more actually more, or is more, actually less?
I don't have an answer, but I have noticed that the various times during my life when I have realised that I have had it all, is usually just after I have lost something important ... my health, my Dad ... the things that no amount of money or success can ever replace and were mine, for free, all along.
You really don't know what you've got until it's gone.....
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This is so true. I remember a talk about this once....for the poor amputee begging on the streets of India...just a primitive form of a wheelchair would be all he needed...etc etc..to the multi millionaire who has everything he could buy and more...but in his swish fancy car, he's still stuck in traffic with the rest of us....and to him that is a big problem - not being able to get from A to B at his pace.
Does that make nay sense?
Good food for thought.
I think that I "have it all" when I can truly "live in the moment". When I am not longing for other things than what I have right now. When I am happily pulling weeds in the garden and have no wish to be anywhere else, doing anything else. Having material "things" just is not an answer for me. It doesn't make me feel complete. It's more appreciating what I have and who I have right here and right now.
FD, I have asked myself the very same thing many times. I found your post very interesting. Not too long ago I read in a magazine that it is our human nature to want more. This goes back to primitive times when our existence required that we stock pile things for survival. I remember thinking 'great, it's not just me then.'
For me having it all has been just taking care of the basic needs and then making sure the emotional ones are met as well.
Also, recently I lost a whole suitcase full of clothes when returning from a trip. I had also lost some nice jewelry (which I could just kick myself for placing it in there in the first place). The whole experience stinks but it really put a lot of things into perspective as far as material things are concerned. Anything (or anyone for that matter) can be taken from us at any time.
Yes, you can have everything, even in the midst of the most brutal loss. Right now I want for absolutely nothing, and I can tell you it's the most boring epoch in my life. I need to go out and stir up some want and misery:-)
That is what worries me...finding the balance. Enough want to motivate me but not enough to make me unhappy or feel guilt. I think the trick to going to be a creative want...build on my creative side and in doing so find more peace.
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