Enjoy the things you already have

I told people that I don’t need more … well, maybe I am not being honest. Let’s not fool each other … I don’t mind if someone wants to give me more. Sometimes I will bet on lottery … it will be a bonus if I win some extra money ... hey, who don’t want some extra cash, right?

What I meant was … I am absolute OK even if I don’t get anything more.

Every day I wake up and look around me … at the things that I already have. I am a very fortunate person … I have a wife who supported me through thick and thin for more than 20 years now, I have two active teenagers who keeps the house noisily alive and I have a comfortable home where we stay bonded together with respects and privacy.

I have some small investments and savings that generate enough passive income to cater for our budgeted spending. I have a bunch of good friends whom I have known for more than 40 years and I still have a capable body and mind that enables me to live an active healthy life. More importantly, I have all the time in the world to enjoy what I already have.

Many people have the things I have ... some even more but many don’t see and appreciate the things that they already have … they set their minds on getting things that they don’t have … well, there is nothing wrong in doing that.

For me … there are many things I don’t have. That is OK … I won’t let it affect me. I am not losing sleep over it … at this point of my life, I won’t be able to get it anyway.

My point is (and you don’t have to agree with me) … if you are able to live with what that is already with you … you will see that happiness is not about getting the things you want … happiness is about enjoying the things you already have.