Why is it that whenever we want something, we usually stop wanting it once we've had it for awhile? We always want more. More and more, it's never enough. No matter what it is: knowledge, sex, power, money, love. It really is never enough.
To the people who say they are satisfied: I don't believe you are. You may be content with what you've got but you'd make changes if you could. Because it's not perfect. Nothing is perfect. Nothing can ever be perfect.
But we strive for perfection. It's in our nature, and hell, also in our nurture, to seek and create what we feel is perfection. Sometimes we think, "Yes, this is it. This is right. This is what I need." It doesn't last. After a while you start noticing the problems and you start wishing for change. Just a little change here and there and it will be perfect again, or at least perfect enough.
But it doesn't work. Even if you make the changes, it isn't enough. You're still missing something. So you forget what you've got and get something new in hopes of better results. Only it's the same: just not quite right. You start looking at that old thing and thinking how great it was and you want it again. Oh to be back in that wonderful position. But logic says the grass is always greener on the other side. You remind yourself why you abandoned it before but it's not cutting it. You still want it back. You almost need it. You had it before, why not have it again? It was good while it lasted.
So you go and get it. And guess what?
Still not perfect.
Posted at 12:42:45 am by
TheKaren
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Karribdas
December 30, 2004 09:43 AM PST
Do you suggest that we settle for less than perfect, then? In love, should we decide at some point that someone is good "enough" then? When do you decide that something is good enough to settle for? (not attacking you, just trying to determine what option there is other than perfection) |
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Katriana
December 30, 2004 01:50 PM PST
Not suggesting anything, really. It's just soemthing I've noticed people do. I've got all the same questions myself, actually. |
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R
December 30, 2004 09:52 PM PST
"When you really want something, go after it and make preparations as though it were already yours. Otherwise when it comes to you, you won't be ready for it." |
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R
December 30, 2004 09:55 PM PST
And....
"There are two things to aim at in Life: First, to get what you want and, after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second" -Alexander Grahm Bell |
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Mike
January 1, 2005 03:49 AM PST
...unless you realize that the problems were your own embellished nothings, scapegoating for self-doubts and selfishness.
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Katriana
January 1, 2005 06:07 PM PST
Very few people in the world say do that. . . and mean it. |
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Z
January 2, 2005 04:39 PM PST
Well said shortness. I have come to miss reading this all the time. |
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Jefferson
January 3, 2005 12:12 PM PST
Maybe perfection -- being at peace with it as you find it -- has mroe to do with direction than destination. Hmm. |
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Brian Hammons
January 3, 2005 09:33 PM PST
catcher in the rye is the best book.. ever. |
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monkeyspit
January 5, 2005 01:40 PM PST
I have a remote control truck I will sell you for $120. |
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