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Getting enough...
2024-07-25
It is a truism not often expressed by people and it's a simple one: ask anyone what they want more of in life and this answer will apply across the board: more of everything. We all want more of life, more of the good things, more good times, and less of the bad, more time off, more of the finest of foods and bobbles and things, more of the best knock-down sex we deserve, more time do all the activities that pull our heart strings, like sports and hobbies, and fooling around with our kids or pets. In short, our brains are pre-programmed with the desire that we should be getting it all, getting enough of everything that is available.
Getting enough implies that at no stage have you reached the saturation point in your desires, and that you are getting enough to sustain your happiness. I've never personally understood some people and their desire to get more than enough of unhappiness. These are the types of malcontents who often harbour ill-will toward family and friends and as a result are bringing so much more negativity into their lives that more will be generated by their negative thoughts. This isn't my idea of getting enough. My idea of getting enough sometimes means getting too much food so that your belly borders on the verge of rotundness. Getting enough of too much sun means your skin may in future resemble a convention for cancer cells, slowly and surely growing larger before they become a very real problem. Getting enough of too much alcohol can for some mean their liver will speak in a new, unknown heretofore language that talks of brown spots showing the progress and passage of time.
Yes, my friends, getting enough of everything can be getting too much of a good thing. But getting just the right amount of what you feel you need, rather than what you desire, is getting enough of the good stuff.
And, like us all, I've easily settled into a routine while at home, or at work, or when I write, walk, eat, drink, cycle or work-out. I realize I'm getting enough of everything proportionate to the amount of energy I expend to be able to focus on these individual things. I try not to conceive of the day in terms of how much I'm getting, but rather how much I've been able to accomplish, given that I approach every day with a things-that-gotta-get-done attitude. By the time the evening arrives, I update myself with the knowledge that I 'got enough' of what I needed, well at least for the time being. I could always use more sex, more chocolate, more music, more brilliant ideas that kick me in the head. I could always use more sleep than the regular work-week allows, the kind of sleep that elevates my spirit off the sheets, astral-traveling to a third dimension. I could always use more witty comebacks for those moments when confronted with rudeness or stupidity because one can and should never underestimate the power of wit or sarcasm, if only to diffuse your frustration. These are the kinds of things that 'getting enough' of each shouldn't necessarily be thought of as getting too much.
Go on. Admit it. You, too, will at times ask yourself: am I getting enough of the things I want? If the answer is no: your work has only just begun. And if by logic you agree that there is an abundance of everything in the world, then you're entitled to get everything you want. But ultimately, if you're getting enough, you would've stopped reading this blog post right from the get-go, after reading the subject line. There's no shame in not getting enough. There's only the realization that you're no different than the millions of other sheep walking the same line to the shearer's sharp blade. Afterward, that bare, pink skin of yours will grow a new thick mop of wool and you may find yourself once again in the position of searching for more of the finest of things, to successfully know you are truly 'getting enough', as you bloody well deserve.
Think carefully about what you want out of this life, and then consider these final thoughts by Mr. Wilde:
"There are only two tragedies in life: One is not getting what one wants and the other is getting it." [Oscar Wilde]
Getting enough implies that at no stage have you reached the saturation point in your desires, and that you are getting enough to sustain your happiness. I've never personally understood some people and their desire to get more than enough of unhappiness. These are the types of malcontents who often harbour ill-will toward family and friends and as a result are bringing so much more negativity into their lives that more will be generated by their negative thoughts. This isn't my idea of getting enough. My idea of getting enough sometimes means getting too much food so that your belly borders on the verge of rotundness. Getting enough of too much sun means your skin may in future resemble a convention for cancer cells, slowly and surely growing larger before they become a very real problem. Getting enough of too much alcohol can for some mean their liver will speak in a new, unknown heretofore language that talks of brown spots showing the progress and passage of time.
Yes, my friends, getting enough of everything can be getting too much of a good thing. But getting just the right amount of what you feel you need, rather than what you desire, is getting enough of the good stuff.
And, like us all, I've easily settled into a routine while at home, or at work, or when I write, walk, eat, drink, cycle or work-out. I realize I'm getting enough of everything proportionate to the amount of energy I expend to be able to focus on these individual things. I try not to conceive of the day in terms of how much I'm getting, but rather how much I've been able to accomplish, given that I approach every day with a things-that-gotta-get-done attitude. By the time the evening arrives, I update myself with the knowledge that I 'got enough' of what I needed, well at least for the time being. I could always use more sex, more chocolate, more music, more brilliant ideas that kick me in the head. I could always use more sleep than the regular work-week allows, the kind of sleep that elevates my spirit off the sheets, astral-traveling to a third dimension. I could always use more witty comebacks for those moments when confronted with rudeness or stupidity because one can and should never underestimate the power of wit or sarcasm, if only to diffuse your frustration. These are the kinds of things that 'getting enough' of each shouldn't necessarily be thought of as getting too much.
Go on. Admit it. You, too, will at times ask yourself: am I getting enough of the things I want? If the answer is no: your work has only just begun. And if by logic you agree that there is an abundance of everything in the world, then you're entitled to get everything you want. But ultimately, if you're getting enough, you would've stopped reading this blog post right from the get-go, after reading the subject line. There's no shame in not getting enough. There's only the realization that you're no different than the millions of other sheep walking the same line to the shearer's sharp blade. Afterward, that bare, pink skin of yours will grow a new thick mop of wool and you may find yourself once again in the position of searching for more of the finest of things, to successfully know you are truly 'getting enough', as you bloody well deserve.
Think carefully about what you want out of this life, and then consider these final thoughts by Mr. Wilde:
"There are only two tragedies in life: One is not getting what one wants and the other is getting it." [Oscar Wilde]
