I want a new phone. No, I want the new iPhone. The iPhone 11. And I also want a new iPad and a new Macbook Pro.
I actually have an iPhone 8 already. And an iPad. And also a Macbook Air. But why do I want the new ones?
People are wired to want new things. We’re not content with what we already have. We must have new ones. The better ones. Because we need more than what we have now.
We tend to look for things we don’t have. If only I could get a better phone, then maybe I can be more productive in my work. If only I have a better laptop… If only I have a better job… If only I could speak better… If only I could write better…
What if all you need is what you have now? What if instead of looking for things you don’t have, you begin to value what you have and start to maximize them?
The boy who had five loaves of bread and two pieces of fish had enough food to feed the five thousand.
What you have is enough. Stop trying to acquire more things. Start giving away what you have and you will see them multiply a hundredfold.
So what do you have in your hands now?