want what I have

Sheryl Crow says it’s not getting what you want, it’s wanting what you have. Treading the continuum between desire and peace is hard, especially in a consumer society. I was raised on continuous improvement, so loving myself for the perfect being I am is quite a challenge!

I have to learn how to be satisfied with what I have. If I want too much, I’d never be pleased and appeased. Life is short. I’ve got to make the most of what I have and enjoy it. Material things never last.

It took a long time to really want what I have…I was always looking for something else to make me happy. The whole when I have this thats when I will be happy, or life will be better when I get a new job. I finally got it… Life is better now, I want everything I have and I enjoy it.

I paraphrase the Dalai Lama a bit here, but the gist of it is that most of the world focuses on having what you want, which is a constant state of acquisition, of needing to augment with more, of rampant consumerism that ultimately ends in devaluation of anything that is not imminently disposable.

If you find satisfaction in what you are, where you are, who you are right now, that is peace of mind that is not illusive, transitory or subject to entrophy. Wanting what you have is the ultimate expression of living in the moment. The goal is to be here now, not to dwell on how much better your life could be if only …