Always want More!!
Remember that in the end, surely God will be looking only for clean hands, not full ones--
Jeffrey R. Holland
The miserable think that what they have is never enough. Like the Little Mermaid, who owned no fewer than twenty thingamabobs, they say, "But who cares, no big deal, I want MORE." (How could you be miserable with twenty thingamabobs?) The miserable say, "If only I had one of those, I'd be happy." Actually, the more you have, the more you have to worry about---in other words, the more stuff you have, the more the stuff has you!! Even Hollywood stars who appear to "have it all" have nothing if they haven't learned how to be content. The only things we can take with us when we die are our character, our intelligence, and our relationships. Everything else falls apart.
Clothes attract moths, cars get rusty, and stuff gets stolen.
That's why Jesus said, "Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal" Matthew 6:20, New Testament.
A man is rich in proportation to the number of things which he can afford to let along.
Henry David Thoreau
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