Show the more we have the more we want by M K THOMSON ph D of us Is completely satisfied before we get what we want e we are going to be thoroughly happy but always there ts something ahe id of us that we are tor ward to complete satisfaction means stag nation death and decay there Is no greater spur to achievement than the desire to reach a notch higher in the social scale in ones profession in expanding a business in making money or whatever it Is that we are striving tor vie are never satisfied because we live in sn imperfect world no matter how tar we may go in any line of there g always room for am pro ement the average man he would be satisfied if he could run a hundred bards in ten seconds rut the athlete who can run it even a little under ten seconds Is all the more eager to run it just a little faster the more we have the more we want the more we can do the more we want to do dissatisfaction Is a mark of ability and ambition it Is often the mark of progress the man who alms at a target on the ground close by may hit it with ease while the man who alms at the sun shoots much higher although he hlll miss his target 1 a big margin there Is less chance for perfect sat Is faction for a man of skill and ability than for the poor fellow who has nothing and can do nothing the philosopher james S mill must hae sensed this psychological truth when he said it Is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig it Is better to be a socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied ca by mcclure newspaper I 1 |