Give me more

I don't like this word or the way it feels.

I found an interesting quote concerning complacency from Aldous Huxley -- one of my favorite sci-fi writers.

He said, "The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher."

I like this. I've never been one to be content. I like being on edge...just a bit. I like the thought that what I have right now isn't always going to be.

I know that what I have now is that rung of the ladder taking me higher. Moving me up to bigger and better.

Not that I'm complaining. My life's great. It's the kind of life that could easily breed complacency.

I know this and to me it is dangerous.

Give me more. I am hungry for more. May I always hunger for more.

And may my hunger hold the hand of my consciousness. Because when I say give me more I don't mean I want a steak. I hunger for a meaningful life. One that is balanced. One that is complete with heart, soul and mind.

All the rest just follows.

"Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing -- where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger, which he knows that he was meant and made to do."

Phillips Brooks 1835-1893, American Episcopal Cleric