SATISFACTION IS PERFECTION 2: THE NEXT BEST THING



Why is it that we want what we can’t have? And we never seem to be satisfied with what we’ve already got?
It’s a dilemma of two halves, that never seems to answer itself, but most importantly, the answer to what we need and want is right in front of us.

I find myself back in the Big Apple and I questioning needs and wants versus what I’ve already got and I must say that I find it problematic trying to be satisfied with what I’ve got, because I haven’t got what I want, but what I want is not exactly what I need and what I need is not really what I want. So I settle for what I have anyways.

There comes a point in people’s lives when they seem to have it all and it doesn’t satisfy them enough, because they are always wanting more. And then there are people that have nothing at all and struggle to attain what they want.
I find myself in between both these categories and it is fair to say that most human beings are always looking for ‘the next best thing’.

For a person that to the outside world seems to have it all and can have what ever I want, I seem to draw a false image because in reality nothing is what is seems. I don’t seem to be there nor am I here. Only if you really know me, will you get to know what my life is all about. I don’t know where I am. I’m always in two places and my belongings are mostly in storage throughout the year because I seem to have difficulty settling in one place and have I difficulty making up my mind in which city I’d rather be; London or New York?

I’m torn between two cities that offer what I want, both come with their ups and downs and I wish I could live one city that offers ‘the best of both’; London and New York. If there were a place on earth that offers such qualities I’d move there right away; maybe Los Angeles is my “best next thing?”

At the same time, I question what I have, even though I am satisfied with it, I can’t help but think, is this it? Is this as good as it gets? Obviously it can’t be, but what if this is it? What if living in New York City is taken away? Well I guess I must jump on the wagon and enjoy the ride for as long as it lasts, because I don’t know when I’ll be able to ride this rollercoaster again.

I’m forced to be satisfied and satisfaction is hard to achieve because I’m always seeking perfection, knowing that perfection can never really achieved.
Life is not perfect but I’m content with what I have with the knowledge that I will have what I want and need at the same time or at least until ‘the next best thing’ comes and crosses my path. So it goes without saying that satisfaction is perfection.

Life happens and whichever ways situations are thrown at us, whatever bumps on the roads happen and difficult dilemmas present themselves on us, we must deal with them with positively. We must pick ourselves up from the ground when life hits us down and we must do it with a sense of pride and satisfaction because life is like that, giving us things and taking them away again. In reality we already have what we need and could ever want in front of us, we just need to open our eyes and see the reality for what it really is.