I want more—but how do I get it? What am I doing wrong? Why do I struggle each day just to make ends meet? Would a stronger sense of desire help me move forward? Will I ever have what I want? I look at the man next door with his bigger, better-looking car and a family that seems happier and more successful, while I feel stuck in a rut, looking up and longing for more. Yet some days, even from that rut, I feel content with where I am. Still, surrounded by a world that constantly tempts us to want more, I find myself caught in the question of how to get more out of life.

Life can be deceptive, convincing us we deserve more than we have earned. As the old saying suggests, you made your bed, so learn to find comfort in it. Perhaps these are the basics of happiness: accepting where we are instead of being driven by hope, desire, envy, or jealousy, which only keep us craving more.

I often return to the timeless saying: The grass is always greener on the other side, or is it?