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Today's
Meditation:
It's
definitely not true that the more we have, the happier we
are. Teachers and sages throughout the ages have told
us this over and over again, but we seem to be slow to
learn. The more things that we have in life, the more
things sit around being unused for long periods of
time. I know this very well--for many years I
collected a lot of music, and what strikes me now as amazing
is the number of songs and cd's and records that sat around
for so much time not being listened to. Nowadays,
marketers are pushing us to buy entire TV series on DVD, not
to mention all of the movies that are available. But
just how many hours are we willing to sit in front of the TV
set, being passively entertained? We have a couple of
DVD's that we bought but still haven't watched, and I often
think that we should be watching them so that we're get our
money's worth. Yet I find that the more people have,
the more people want, and collections must be complete, even
if we don't do anything with that collection. It
is true that "the more we have, the more we
want." And the more we want, the more likely we
are to feel dissatisfied. But if we can put ourselves
in the right now, enjoying with everything we have whatever
it is we're doing now, then we'll find that our lives will
be much richer, as opposed to our homes holding more
possessions. There is always good before us, as long
as we recognize it and take advantage of it. It's
always our choice. |
