There is a phase that suggests a subject:  “The insatiable demand for more.”  Who ever heard of anyone who was happy, who wouldn’t be satisfied? – who always had to have more and ever more – more thrills,  more indulgence,  more power,  more possessions.

Some over-indulge by trying to satisfy appetites that remain unsatisfied.  Some make demands, and when their demands are met, make more demands.

There are communities that want more and more – more size, more reaching for comparative place, and in the process, complicate their problems. There are of course a lot of people who are willing to sacrifice their own reputation,  relationship,  friendship,  honour,  and their dignity or even as far as hurting their own brother or any family members – for not fulfilling their promises,  sticking to their agreements,  keeping their words, All…just to fulfil their hunger for more and more. Putting simply we can call it ‘GREED‘.

The comparative and competitive spirit often enters in, and insists that the curve, the graph, the record must be ever and always up – which, if for a good purpose, is good – but which, if never satisfied, may be merely the insatiable demand for more.  Even when there are more comforts and conveniences than kings could once have had, often … there are still demands for more.

Perhaps it comes down finally to a balance of contentment and purpose and peace, with a little wholesome discontent to keep us learning, moving, reaching, producing, but not just more and more without limit, without peace or real purpose.  “All good things of the world are no further good to us than as of use, and all we may heap up we enjoy only as much as we can use, and no more”.

That human wants are, in a sense, insatiable, is part of what makes progress possible; but if we drink without quenching thirst, if we rush and run without knowing why we rush and run, we may merely be pursuing the insatiable demand for more.

We often want more than we have now. More money, more gadgets, better furniture, a better house, a better car, more clothes, more shoes, more success.

And what happens when we get more? It’s impossible to satisfy that hunger for more, because our culture is not satisfied with what we have, but is geared to wanting more. It’s consumerism, and it’s the official religion of the industrialized world.

Ask yourself how much is enough, how much do you need in order to be satisfied? What does “enough” mean?

1. Consider the following when thinking about the concept of enough, and how it applies to your life:What are the main things that make you happy? Are they material things, or are they people, or activities? Knowing the answer to this question can give you some insight into what material things you actually need beyond the bare necessities, in order to be happy.
2. What do you need to thrive? You don’t want to just survive, you want to thrive. You want to be good at what you do, and do what you love. You want to be passionate about the things you do, and be successful at them. What do you need in order to do that?
3. What do you need to survive at a comfortable level? You need to survive, of course, but you probably don’t want to be miserable as you survive? Examine your ideas of comfort and then see what’s really necessary for that comfort. Sometimes you’ll realize that only a minimum of things are needed for real comfort.
4. What do you have beyond those things needed for survival, comfort, happiness, and thriving? Take a look around you, and think about everything in your home. How much of it goes beyond these things that make up the concept of “enough”? Do you really need them, or do they go beyond enough?
5. What do you desire that goes beyond enough — beyond what’s needed for survival, comfort, happiness, and thriving? We all want things we don’t have. What are they, and are they needed to have “enough”? Why do you want them? Can you be happy, comfortable, and thriving without them? And if so, how can you give up your desire for those things?
6. If you didn’t want to have more than enough, could you work less? Do you really need all the income you bring in, or is much of it to support a lifestyle that includes more than enough? For example, you might have expensive cars when only one cheap, used car is enough. Or no car at all. Or you might have an expensive home when it’s really more than enough. Or credit card debt from too many trips, too much shopping, too much eating out. If you didn’t spend all that money, and didn’t always want more than enough, perhaps you wouldn’t need as much income. There are almost certainly people living happily and comfortably on a lower income than yours.
7. If you worked less, could you be happy with enough and happier doing other things? If you didn’t have to work, you might be happy with just enough. And you might enjoy working less. It’s something to think about, anyway. Also think about what you would do if you didn’t have to work.

In all our rushing, striving, struggling, GOD grants us the gratitude, balance, judgment; a solid sense of values, an inner peace, and an honest appraisal of our purpose.