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Today's
Meditation:
It's
kind of funny how childish we can be sometimes when it
comes to our possessions. There are times when I
want something so much that I think about it constantly
until I get it, even though the number of things that I do
have far outnumber the number of things that I want.
I say childish because it's so common to see children
completely focused on getting something new for
themselves, and we definitely do act that way ourselves.
We
should remember, though, that not everything that we want
is best for us to have. That's why we don't always
get everything that we want. My car is now eight
years old, and I was recently thinking about getting a new
one. I fought the temptation, though, and now my
state of mind is such that I'm quite satisfied to hold on
to this car another two or three years. There's
absolutely no reason not to do so, and now I'm pretty
happy that I don't have something that I
"wanted" so badly just a few months ago.
Richard's
point about spoiling the enjoyment of the things we do
have shouldn't be missed, either. If we get so
caught up in wanting something that we no longer can enjoy
the things that are still positive parts of our lives,
then we're making a pretty big-- and pretty basic--
mistake. We have a lot in life, and it's
important that we not take what we have for granted as we
desire to have something else. If we do so, we're
only hurting ourselves. But we can't miss that point
or pretend it's not true-- we definitely are hurting
ourselves.
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