“Wanting more in life is only wrong when you are driven by avarice, and not a genuine and reasonable need to be comfortable.”
by Innocent Mwatsikesimbe — from The Vision, chapter 43
The walk-through
Innocent watches a cycle run in himself: “I can reach a state in which I am satisfied with what I have, but it is only temporary.” The wish to do better comes back, and round it goes.
That is why he won’t hand anyone the advice to be satisfied and leave it at that. If what a person has is enough at the time, they will feel it. If it isn’t, or if things change, they will want more. The real question is what drives the wanting — avarice, or a genuine and reasonable need to be comfortable.
He is careful about how such advice gets used, too. “be satisfied with what you have” shouldn’t become a way of telling someone to forcibly accept a life they don’t want. Appreciating what you already have is good; wanting to improve it is not a fault.
AI-composed from Innocent's text, reviewed and refined by Innocent.
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