Hello Hubski
I come to you with another question today which plays a very important role in everybody's life or if not now, then it will someday.
How Much Is Enough?
I ask this question to get a simple answer as to how much is enough to get something you want or something you need. This can be in terms of how much of an effort is enough, how much of suffering is enough, how much of paying your dues is enough, how much of an investment into something is enough etc.
How this has come to my mind is by just a very normal observation that everyone in this world is in a rat race to get something they want or need. I might be after the riches of life but there is someone out there who is only after the non-materialistic things in life. But it all comes down to the part where you stand and wonder that how much is enough to get these?
Do you go back to the same old job day-in day-out, giving your entire time and effort to get something back? Do you go back to the classroom, giving all the attention to not learn anything in return? Do you go back to that girl you like, who is also running after something which she might not be getting back?
This makes me wonder our very own existence, as to why we even exist if we are not aware of our purpose. Hit me up with what you guys think about this.
Posted the whole quotation because I love it so much, but the first two sentences pretty much sum up my answer to your question. There is no 'enough'.It's not a question of enough, pal, it's a zero-sum game. Somebody wins, somebody loses. Money itself isn't lost or made, it's simply transferred from one perception to another. Like magic. This painting here? I bought it ten years ago for sixty thousand dollars. I could sell it today for six hundred. The illusion has become real, and the more real it becomes, the more desperately they want it. Capitalism at its finest.
I think Freddy pretty much sums it up with this one. On a more serious note, I think you put out as much as you can and get as much as you can out of life or you're failing. Sometimes though, the things that you put what you feel is "enough" into give you not enough or more than enough back and that is kind of what shapes your life and the things you choose to do, like to do, and/or need to do. I am also under the impression that if you don't want to put more than just "enough" into something, it probably is not worth doing and unless the benefit increases or outweighs the effort , it is something you will abandon or get rid of because as a human you naturally want to learn and progress, which 'content' or just 'enough' tends to be stagnant and boring.
Enough is whatever it takes me to get to the point where I am completely content and happy with my life. Not to say I won't still won't challenge myself and experience new things. This would involve finding a career I am happy with, a spouse, a place to live, and hobbies.
It depends. The most you can give and a little more. It depends on whether suffering serves a purpose. These are close enough to have the same answer. Whatever amount it takes to achieve the goal, or however much it takes to give up if giving up is a better option. Being able to drop out of life is a luxury that comes with either: 1:Inner peace or 2:Money, and one of the options has a better quality of living.How much effort is enough?
How much suffering is enough?
How much of paying your dues is enough?/How much of an investment is enough?
I agree I penned down my thoughts as they occurred, sorry for that. What I meant is that everybody in this world is after something or the other, how do they know that what is "enough" to actually achieve it? I know it can be answered as "with as much effort as required" but we have seen that people keep trying all their lives but some things still dont work out