CLUB GREED...

At one point or another, we all have belonged to this club called CLUB GREED. In fact, it's an endemic human problem. Some of us have been there many times, some are about entering it, while quite a handful find it worrisome and difficult to get out of it. It's the special club for special people with a universal qualification and appeal... All you need to join is just to simply have a CRAVING FOR MORE!!!

Now, you're asking..."Is it wrong to want more?"

The answer is no, it isn't. If my clothes get old, I'd surely like to have them changed. If my family increases in number and the house we are staying in obviously becomes too small to handle our increase, I'd surely like to get everyone into a bigger place. But it is wrong to always want more on the basis of just trying to prove a point to others as proof of God-knows-what.

Greed is defined as, "an excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves." It is also defined as, "an intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power or food." Wikipedia says that, "The purpose for greed, and any actions associated with it, is possibly to deprive others of potential means or future opportunities or to obstruct them therefrom, as a measure of enhanced competitive advantage."

We all have been greedy at one time or another. In fact, some of us still are and are even ever more  willing to defend our desire for more and more with as many superlative logic as is possible. For us, it is not bad because it is human nature. Yet we fail to see the real driving force behind this desire. Our intense eagerness to always have it all or to have it more than the other person isn't necessarily because we need extra stuff, but because we want to show that we are in a different class than others. It is that desire that drives men to steal what doesn't belong to them, or usurp power that they are not meant to have, or push their wives into becoming baby-making machines so that the world would see that they are "real men" even when they don't have the capacity to take care of them, or makes the unmarried desire to pry away from the married their spouse, etc, etc. 

You get the picture.

Greed isn't just about money. Many want power and positions they don't deserve. Many want podiums they aren't qualified to mount. Many seek so much material stuff that they don't even have enough space or room to store. Many want to be like people they were never designed to be. Many want to show the other person "who they are" or what they assume they are capable of doing or being. Many would rather frustrate the life of another just because they believe they are better than that person.

Greed is the source of wars, manipulations, victimizations, murders, envies, hatred, despots, lies, betrayals, frauds, thefts, hijackings, kidnappings, brutalities, fights, gangs, cults, dupes, the chase of degrees and certificates that we in truth don't need in this lifetime, unwholesome acquisitions, etc, etc. Greed is a bottomless pit that will always threaten to swallow us up except we get to our senses and realize that it really isn't worth all the fuss.

The solution for greed is contentment per time. Yes, it's a heavy word for our ears, I know, and may even look like an impossible platform to attain; but it is a very real and possible and most ideal place we all should be per time. The man or woman that is truly content will never be under any pressure because, in truth, we can NEVER have everything. New things will always appear on the scene and new opportunities will always manifest from time to time, but not every new thing or opportunity can be ours...there are others out there too.

While greed is fueled by selfishness, contentment is fueled by selflessness and the understanding that with time my capacity will naturally (and not forcefully) increase and that when that time comes I will be in a more qualified position or state of mind to handle the next big thing.

We all need to sincerely check ourselves and be sure of where we stand because this place called CLUB GREED is where too much evil lies and resides.

We should pause for a moment and ponder on this...