Enough

Let's talk about stuff for just a moment.  How much stuff does it really take to make someone happy?  Have we really considered that if happiness is based upon stuff, there will probably never be enough?

I know a few members of The 1%, and somewhere in every conversation, there is a question as to whether they will have enough money to last their lifetime.  I feel rather fortunate, I guess, to know I'll probably never be faced with the worry of how to manage a million dollars . . . I don't like to worry or want . . . Both seem like a very significant waste of time and energy.  I'm not minimizing that some people are in need, that's different than want.  I like being satisfied, being content in what I have.  It seems to give me more time to make improvements on me, like improved outlook and sharper efficiency.

There are some areas in my life in which I really hope to improve, reduce, or expand.  To have more stuff or money won't make those things happen.  The desires of my heart are about my heart!  I would truly like to be able to offer healing and wholeness to those who are sick and broken.  I want YHWH to use me in that way.  I want to be able to offer homesteading, gardening, and animal husbandry tips and assistance to people who are searching.

I have found in life, the more I seek my Creator, the less of anything else I want.  I can't imagine feeling that my time needed to be filled with distraction.  I can't image feeling that one more possession would make me feel satisfied.  Contentedness doesn't come from our own self-satisfaction, it comes from our Creator.  I believe the insatiable need for "money and/or stuff" is the human attempt to fill the void of life without YHWH.  We really need to realize in Him, we have life; and without Him, nothing will fill that void.  He is more than enough!