In these days, people depend more on the material value than spiritual one, they often consider their goals of life as acquiring more possession or fame. Moreover, they evaluate one and one’s family by their average income not by how strong is their family bond. Even though humans are preoccupied with material value and actually have more than they need, they still want more, they still want to obtain they don’t have. People cannot satisfy with what they have because of their greedy nature and the fact that most of people in the society consider other people by their material possession.
To begin with, people can never be satisfied with what they have because of their greedy nature. In fact, every animal on the Earth always wants to eat more and have more comfortable shelter, but they soon become satisfied when they have eaten enough food or have built comfortable shelter. However, humans, in particular, politician and the rich can never feel satisfied; they never think they have enough possession or enough fame. We always hear scandalous news of corrupted politician and wealthy people, such as the news of employer of huge corporation who fired thousands of workers and drove them and their family to street to make more profit, the news of prominent politician who gave bribery to local people to win the election. The more they have, the more they will be dissatisfied. Actually, this is also the reason why the war is breaking out all around the world, nation rise against other nation because they want more and take from another nation. The only way for human to satisfy themselves is to go back to the nature and live like primitive, which is sadly, impossible.
Moreover, even for the people who want to be satisfied with what they have, cannot be easily satisfied because the society evaluate people with what they have, to illustrate, my friend’s family was in harmony even though his father and mother did not make much money .They were satisfied with current life because they could have more time together. The family’s harmony broke when his family was considered to be involved in thievery in the town. Since they were living close to wealthy town, my friend was often despised by his peers from wealthy family. Even though his self-esteem was damaged, he could bear it, but one day, the series of thievery took place his neighboring town. People started to suspect poor families in the town as thief, and my friend’s family was also one of the suspected families. Since they were one of the poorest families in the town, people believed that they have stolen the valuable goods from wealthy houses to become rich, eventually, the people of the town went too far, and accused his family for thievery without any evidence, soon, his family was relieved from accusation and got compensation money when the real thief got caught, my friend could not forget his suffering and he set his goal to be a millionaire to despise the people who despised his family. He said people with prejudice that poor people are either hopeless loser or potential criminal had turned him into greedy person.
To summarize, people can never be satisfied with what they have. Firstly, because of their greedy nature, and secondly, because of the views of society that considers poor people as a potential criminal and loser.
I strongly believe that sharing what they have is much more satisfactory than struggling to have what they don’t have. In this way, people will be satisfied more than ever. |