Human Nature

The more I walk through life, the more I see that we want things that we can't have. Whether it be people or objects, we want them, we try and obtain them, but does it have to continue that way?

Maybe it is time to be thankful for what we have, instead of wanting that extra car, or the other person. Maybe by us learning to appreciate what we have, then we will see that we don't need anything else. I have to wonder if this is true not with just things, but in our homes too. Do you think that if we learn to cherish what we have, that we will no longer long for what we don't have? Maybe by polishing the very thing that we say we love, then the very thing will change from an outward love, into an inward love. We all have wanted more, maybe you didn't want someone else, but we looked at what they had and said oh that would be so nice to have, or if I could just see what it feels like once. OK, maybe no one else has, but I have. I wanted things that I couldn't have and in doing so I took paths I normally would not take.

I look at my wife and I. I met her while I was looking for something more, instead of being thankful for what I had. The same went for her, but in it all we ended up hurting not just ourselves, but the ones we were with at the time. In order to gain what we wanted and did not have. We traveled the path together, but in finding that the path started from destruction until we learned to forgive ourselves we could no longer travel the path together. Yes, I wanted to travel the path with her, but she didn't.

We all have choices to make, we all of places in which we want more. Maybe it is time to appreciate what we have and even if it isn't what we had expected out of life, maybe we should be encouraged we are alive and can live another day to cherish and be thankful for what we have.

I have very little, but what I do have is so much more then some people and I am joyful that I have my life today. May you see that life is not about ourselves, but about others. Cherish, polish and enjoy what you do have, because who knows how long it will last.