Show the more we have the more we want by M K THOMSON ph D ONE of us Is completely satisfied NONE before we get what we want we me think we are going to be thoroughly happy but always there Is something ahead of us that we are looking forward to complete satisfaction means stagnation 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 banding a business in making noney or whatever it 1 Is that we are striving for we are never satisfied because we live in sn n imperfect world no matter liow how far we may go in any line of activity there iz s always room for improvement pro the average man thinks he would be satisfied it if he could run a hundred yards in ten se seconds contis put the athlete who can run it even a little under ten seconds Is all the more eager to roii run it just a little faster the more we have the more we want the more we me can do the more we want to do dissatisfaction Is a mark of ability and ambition it Is often the nark mark of progress the man who alms at a target on the ground close by may hit it with ease valle title the man who alms at the sun shoots much higher although he will miss his target by a big margin there Is less chance for perfect satisfaction is for a man of skill and ability than for the poor fellow who has nothing and can do nothing the english philosopher james S mill must have sensed tills this psychological truth when lie he said it Is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig d it Is better to be a socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied M 0 by mcclure mcclura syndicate 1 |