Lately I have been contemplating the word “enough”, it originally came up to me when I became aware of my own behaviors and other peoples, that screamed “I am not enough”. I found this sad; why do we all feel like we are not enough? Have enough? Do enough? Be enough? I wondered; is this a human construct, a societal construct, a religious construct?
Why do people live in 100 million dollar houses while others live in garbage bins?
Why do we idolize movie stars, professional athletes,
billionaires?
Why do people give up their own needs to constantly help
others and turn them into projects?
Why do we want to make other people wrong and ourselves
right?
Why are we dissatisfied with our work, our homes, our
community, our world?
Why do we need to tell everyone what good we are doing, or
post it on social media?
Why do we criticize and judge other people for the same insecurities
that we do not want to admit to in ourselves?
Why do we overspend and then beat ourselves up for it later?
Or hoard and stock up?
Why do we watch other people do good deeds and feel like we
need to do the same or more?
Why are we in competition with others we see on social media
or television, and constantly compare?
Why do we feel like if we have more money, travel more, shop
more, have a different partner . . . we
will be happy?
When is enough ENOUGH?
What would happen if we all brought some awareness to this
issue, could we slowly but surely become happy with what we have, where we
live, who we are?
Would we stop judging, hoarding, comparing, overspending,
indulging . . . would we be happier,
content, more peaceful?
Can we BE happy with “right now”, with “what we have”, with “who
we are”?
When I can . . . then
enough will be ENOUGH for me.
