Sparkle

"I'm restless
Things are calling me away.
My hair is being pulled by the stars again."
-Anais Nin

I wonder if humans can be satisfied.

I find I have a hard time with it.

When we have something neutral, we want something good.

When we have something good, we want something better.

There's a song that talks about this or at least something similar called 'Satisfied Mind'.  I suppose this song is talking specifically about money and fame, but the principal is there.

"Money can't buy back 

your youth when your old, 

or a friend when you're lonely, 

or a love that's grown cold.

The wealthiest person 

is a pauper at times 

compared to the man 

with a satisfied mind."

It's unfortunate that the song doesn't really give you any advice on how to be satisfied, 

just how not to be...which I suppose is a start at least.

I think it's a sort of a gift and a curse that we're never just one thing.

I've been happier lately than I have been, 

but I still find that happiness has a bit of a blue haze.

At the same time, when I'm sad, there must be some sort of rose-colored glasses still, 

otherwise, why would I not just give up?

Maybe I'm looking for things that are too much to hope for, 

when what I should be doing is being happy with what I do have, while I have it.

Maybe that's the different between happy people and unhappy ones.

Happy people are content with what they have.

Unhappy ones are unendingly ambitious.