Craving for things that are neither useful, nor needed adds nothing to the pleasure of being happy, and at peace with oneself.
Simplicity is an acquired taste encouraging the resourceful person to spend their time growing happiness, with sufficiency the ingredient that life presents to us for our satisfaction, learning that harmony blooms when desire for passing fancies tantalising the appetite become a memory of follies best consigned to yesterday's experiences leading us to live content with less.
The Constant Gardener attends to our needs by pruning any desire that we believe adds value to our life, by presenting us with the thought that we can never be satisfied when indulging in self serving that leads us to want more, and even more of that which never pleases us for more than a passing moment.
“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.” ~ Socrates
Contentment is our reward for having chosen not to be held to ransom by material goods that need updating, as fashion dictates to all held captive by their desire to appear successful in their pursuit of happiness always out of reach.
“If one had taken what is necessary to cover ones needs and had left the rest to those who are in need, no one would be rich, no one would be poor, no one would be in need.” ~ Saint Basil
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