“Who Says You Can’t Teach an Old Dog a New Trick or Two”

Today I was watching the sparrows, ducks, geese and squirrels running around in the park. To me it was simply amazing that they could live completely within the moment and at least from my perspective, appear happy. In fact not one of these animals, not even a squirrel was hording food for tomorrow or appeared concerned about the future.

So what is it that makes humans so different and why do we need more and more?

I mean once we have a roof over our head and enough food to eat, just what is it that pushes us to add all the extras that really plays no part what-so-ever in improving our life – in fact most of it ends up in a garage or a basement?

For me the interesting question is; when is enough, enough and more importantly why?

Or has our internal pain become so great that our only hope for happiness is to throw up enough smoke to trick ourselves that an inflated external persona will fill the void we have internally?