Never Enough

We are celebrating our second Christmas season during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many had assumed and predicted that the pandemic would launch a reset to our untethered drive to accumulate more and more but it is difficult to maintain a proper perspective when it comes to conspicuous consumption. We are constantly bombarded with advertising telling us that we need this product or that and we are conditioned to think that what we have is never enough.

Christmas or not, my daily gratitude practice provides me with a constant reminder that I have everything I need and everything I want. Life is good.

“In eastern traditions, such as Buddhism, the belief is to withhold judgement towards yourself. “You have what you have.” Acceptance of that truth is what allows you to set yourself free from the suffering of never being enough, or never having enough. Being content with who you are and what you have in the present moment can be your key to shutting down that empty feeling. You already hold the key to fulfillment, and that key is acceptance of yourself.” - Chase Jarvis (b. 1971)