Who was ever satisfied, after attainment, with that which loomed up large as he prayed for it? — Seneca, Epistles. Getting what we desire seldom produces the satisfaction we imagined. We want more. It is as if our appetite is never filled. After my surgery I was always thirsty. I was inhaling fluids only to discover that…
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Before I start today’s meditation here is one more about happiness: “The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances. — Martha Washington I remember to this day when my neighbor and best friend in Memphis, Bill Wagner, got a new Schwinn three-speed. My old…