"we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we beleive others to be happier than they are."
--Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu
Have you ever found this to be untrue? It's amazing how this one quote can speak for all of us. If there is someone out there who has not once in their life wished to be happier than someone else, i surely would like to meet this anomaly. so, this begs the question - when are we ever truely happy? when are we satisfied? oh sure, you've said it before - "I'm completely happy with life." of course i have been happy with my life. i have had many blessings and i wouldn't trade my life with anyone else in the world. however, i do find myself continuously striving for something more. as a child, i was motivated to perform well - in sports, academia, socially, in my family dynamic. as a young adult, i was motivated to achieve scholastically and drove myself to obtain my bachelor's degree and then my master's degree. now that I have a full time job, and it's the same every day, i find myself wanting to exercise my creative muscles. is this really all there is to life? wake up, feed the dog, go to the gym, go to work, come home, make dinner, feed the dog, keep up the house, go to sleep, and do it all over again? this surely can't be why God has me here on this little spot of earth. surely there is something to be passionate about. i've only got to find it!
and when i do find it, will i be satisfied?
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