THERE ARE TWO TRAGEDIES in life, Wilde said. One is not getting what we want, the other is getting it. Be careful what you wish for.
Impatient for instant gratification, technology has given us an over-wired world of gadgets and gizmos. We are living longer; science and medicine have created cures for the ailments and distemper that modern life serves up. The world is moving so fast, we can be connected to anyone, at anytime, anywhere in this small world through warp-speed aviation, the click of a mouse, the ping of a cellphone.
When we already have so much, why do we want more? We want so much to be happy it’s making us immeasurably miserable!
it is said that people in poor countries became happier once they could afford the basic necessities. That within a society, rich people tend to be happier than poor people, but rich societies tend not to be happier than poor societies, and as countries get richer, they do not become happier. Life gets better but people feel worse.
Despite radically improved living standards, no amount of material benefits has been able to buy us a meaningful, or a happy, life. Money buys lots of things—a wife, but not her love; a house, but not a home; a new heart, but not health.
Are we contented of what we have or do we still want more and not be satisfied that will lead to a miserable happiness?
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