Enough
There's a saying I ran across in my Taoist studies that I think sums up half of the problem with American culture and values:
Knowledge is knowing what to do. Wisdom is knowing what not to do.
No one seems to understand the meaning of enough.
How many people have lost their jobs, not because a company was unprofitable but because they wanted even more profits?
How many books haven't been published, not because they wouldn't make money but because they wouldn't be blockbusters?
How many people get contractually screwed because someone wants to squeeze every penny possible out of them rather than being satisfied with an equitable sharing?
How many people "supersize" a meal that they are eating because it's time to eat instead of because they're hungry?
How many corporations pursue control when they already have dominance?
How many people buy a Caddilac instead of a Buick when they are mechanically identical?
posted by Prometheus 6 at 7/22/2003 04:24:05 PM |
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