IS WANTING MORE A BAD THING?
Tags: Gender Identity, Life Lessons, Relationships

Have you ever caught yourself thinking, “Wouldn’t it be great to live in a nicer house?” or maybe, “Wouldn’t it be nice to go on a trip?” Then, right away, you judge yourself for thinking like that? Well, there is nothing wrong with having desires. Many of life’s lessons are learned when we listen to our desires. We won’t expand or grow if we aren’t called to do something bigger. And we hear that call through our desires.

In most cases wanting more in life, is perceived as ”greed” or ”vanity”. I remember this one time I wanted new frames for my specs since the old ones were too old and I didn’t feel comfortable in them, funny enough, I was told I love vanity stuff. To date, I still wonder why the word vanity was used in that scenario.

Greed, meaning an unseemly or immoral desire for more, does not exist because there is nothing wrong with want. No one except Scrooge McDuck wants money for its own sake. We want it for what it will buy.

Consider how silly it is to apply the concept of greed to the things money gets. If I want fresh fruits and vegetables instead of Spaghetti, am I guilty of nutritional greed? Wanting things to be better is human. Is it immoral to be human?

How can there ever be such a thing as “enough?” If you live to be 80 and are still healthy, you will have had a much longer run than most. Should you kill yourself? If you have a nice house, why wouldn’t you work to add a swimming pool?

Not just in career, health and relationship but even spiritually, it gets to a point where you think you need more of a spiritual aspect in your life. I’m the type who firmly believes in God and believes in his validity. So many times we fall out of our spiritual life because of whatnot and it is important, at least for me, to rejuvenate and slowly get back to it. We pray for situations where we need God’s guidance to figure them out, we pray for things we want but do not know when or how to get them, and so forth. Praying and being close to God automatically becomes part of a our daily life and trust me, sometimes we get caught up with this thing called life. We will always want more out of spiritual life and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.

If I had a dime for every guy who complained that his girlfriend was asking too much, I’d be rich. It’s total Bullshit. The truth is, every woman should expect the best from her relationship, no matter what. Wanting the world isn’t something to apologize for, so don’t be afraid to lay it on him.

Now this goes out to both gender, relationships teach us want we do and do not want from the next one. If it wasn’t for him or her dropping the ball, you might not realize that you have higher standards. S/he should be itching to provide all the things you need and if s/he’s not, you’ve learned what you don’t want the next time around. Go find someone who won’t be appalled by you asking for more.

Time flies like a thief in the night, we all got a story to write. Take some love and give it back, make your money, get that bag. ~ Burna Boy.

Ooh, by the way “Time flies- Burna Boy ft Sauti Sol” is my new favorite song of late, I just love it, listen to it when you can.