RE: R2R Reflections: Immense Wealth! Yet, still the "pursuit of more" ...
Each person has his definition of wealth. What for many is wealth and makes it happy, for others is not ... I was talking about it this week with my husband, specifically talking about happiness, for many ex-workmates of mine, it makes them happy to go to clubs and drink a lot. , I really do not see anything good or exciting and much less gives me happiness it ... so everyone has their perception of what happiness is ... for them.
I agree with you that many never satisfied.
There are simple things that make us happy, for example at this stage of my life, as a mother, it makes me very happy to see my girls happy, when I can give them a gift or some special food, and see their happiness that gives me a lot of happiness, I can also say that it makes me happy how God has manifested in our lives in the face of adversity, I feel privileged, and finally I can say that traveling gives me a lot of happiness, that stage we lived when my husband and I were newlyweds, and It really is one of the experiences that most made me happy, we met really beautiful places, here in Venezuela and in Europe, and although it is currently very difficult to travel, due to the situation we are going through in the country, I have the faith that we will return to live that experience, this time much better, with our princesses, and it will be wonderful to see how they enjoy it, I think the experience will be even better than before.
Yes @blessed-girl, wealth means different things to different people. No question. The central point of my post, though, is to “call out” a fundamental part of far too many of our fellow citizens that, no matter how much “stuff” people obtain, they are still not happy. They want still more … An insatiable drive and appetite…
Sadly, I am writing to one of my fellow Steemians who has experienced this in ways most of us have not. To what do your countrymen attribute their current crisis? From a distance and, therefore, certainly subject to being wrong, it would appear a majority of your people elected to vote into power someone who promised them “more” …
What was their state prior to being enticed with this promise? Terrible deprivation and want? Not from what I have read, as Venezuela was considered to be the wealthiest of the South American countries at that time. But … Still it was not enough …
I admire your faith in the midst of your great difficulties @blessed-girl. I hope to “be around,” when you are able to write that what you are currently going through is indeed behind you. And that your people, having learned a hard lesson from their recent past, are truly …
Amén.