George DinwiddieI have enough.
Dave W Smith@gdinwiddie Does the feline contingent agree?
@dws Occasionally briefly.
Reg Braithwaite 🍓@gdinwiddie There is a church I pass on my way to and from the airfield. For a little while, its sign spoke to us all:
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.”
Pete@raganwald @gdinwiddie “And the days I put my gratitude higher than my expectations . . . well those are pretty good days.” -Ray Wylie Hubbard
Jeff Miller (orange hatband)@gdinwiddie I cherish that Joseph Heller quote about having enough.
I wish I felt secure enough to endorse it for myself.
@jmeowmeow
With uncertainty about Social Security and Medicare, I'm not exactly secure. But I have decided I have enough, anyway. I will do with what I have until I can't do anymore.
With uncertainty about Social Security and Medicare, I'm not exactly secure. But I have decided I have enough, anyway. I will do with what I have until I can't do anymore.
Yes I'm Antifa. Why Aren't U?@gdinwiddie
I've "HAD" enough for quite some time.
And I'm sure I'm not alone. #Enough
Hippasus500 aka jwn2Mugsy, what you’ve had enough of is somewhat different than what George (or Joseph Heller, for that matter) had in mind. <grin> I like to think I share Heller’s sensibilities.
As for what you’ve had enough of — Yeah. I’m with you there.
Mark Mullen@gdinwiddie The most saintly person I have ever known was my grandparents gardiner. He and his wife are buried right next to Joseph Heller. Great trio.
Marco van Burgsteden 🍋@gdinwiddie what book is this from?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯@Marrekoo @gdinwiddie The Dawn of Everything. i think. i believe made this same highlight when i read it.
Markus Gerstel@Marrekoo @gdinwiddie @peachfiend this specifically is from Psychology of Money, Morgan Housel, chapter 3. Excellent book.
xs4me2Could not be more clear than this indeed…
Mactonex@gdinwiddie there’s a great line in one of the His Dark Materials books. It says ‘Will looked up into the face of this man who had so much that he wanted even more’.
Chris Ford@gdinwiddie
I think Madonna said, when asked what she wanted "More".
I think Madonna said, when asked what she wanted "More".
AI6YR Ben@gdinwiddie this is so insightful.
Sassinake! - ⊃∪∩⪽
SaanichGuy 🇨🇦🇨🇦@gdinwiddie billionaires are hoarders! They are not happy being rich, they must have more!
A mental illness
TomNOT hoarders, hoarding is a very different pathology and most hoarders are not bad people, they simply have a pathological emotional relation to "stuff", "stuff" hardly ever includes money.
Billionaires are obsessed with power and winning. They also seem to lose the power of empathy.
mrflash818@gdinwiddie Thank you for sharing this! It helped me realize I am getting close to having "enough," too. It's a nice thought to have about myself. #enough https://mrflash818.livejournal.com/317893.html
Alison Wilder@gdinwiddie I recently saw an Elon Musk interview where he talks about his obsession with winning. Apparently that's what he can't get enough of.
Herodotus Machiavelli Livy
th3blu3kn19ht 🛡️
Ali the Brave
zane25Some people have that hole they could never fill. Permanently broken in a dangerous way.
Most of us would go down the MaKenzie Scott route.
patrick m.Milo Minderbinder would not be happy with his creator 😏
gullevek ☢️ 🇯🇵
Oberst Enzian@gdinwiddie You probably have more than your fair share. If you’re white and American, most likely you have 10x more than your fair share. And it’s all stolen.
Siim Ošur@gdinwiddie At that level, it's not about enough is it..
It's always been about having more than your peers.
At one point in ones life who does this for a living, it's become a game where the goal is to have as much as possible in the end
It's always been about having more than your peers.
At one point in ones life who does this for a living, it's become a game where the goal is to have as much as possible in the end
VulcanTouristWhen your goal is denial to others, then you can never deny enough.
Loohoosaher@gdinwiddie what a beautiful sentiment.
Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud@gdinwiddie I read a Michael Moore book, and he said his favorite thing was to be seated next to CEOs on a plane and ask them what enough profit was. He said their heads would explode.
Alecia Batson (she/her)@gdinwiddie what is this book’s title and author?
Gum on China’s Shoe@gdinwiddie From the Dao De Jing, Chapter 46:
…知足之足，常足矣
Something like “They who know that enough is enough, always have enough.”
Sara@gdinwiddie Bogle had a lot of good takes
@BillMcGuire@mastodon.socialI've been wondering questioning just that lately. As trump continues to cash in on this presidency for personal gain, I wonder how long a fat assed dementia fart blower like him will live? I mean, come on.....
Loving Loudly@gdinwiddie I realized this long ago. Billionaires don't know the meaning of the word. If they did, they wouldn't be billionaires.
Kailas Idavanmuzhi@gdinwiddie which book is this ?
@saliaku I don't know. I got the clip from someone else. A search turns up a number of books.
@gdinwiddie i guess it's from the psychology of money
Just Pete@gdinwiddie You may like this article I wrote over on Medium, then.
This is a friend link, so you can read it even if not a Medium member.
https://medium.com/@unworn.triers-0n/modern-hunter-gatherers-the-policy-of-enough-36857eed8e61?sk=a5297f20fb4dc0e9d3d1171b73d30494
This is a friend link, so you can read it even if not a Medium member.
https://medium.com/@unworn.triers-0n/modern-hunter-gatherers-the-policy-of-enough-36857eed8e61?sk=a5297f20fb4dc0e9d3d1171b73d30494
@98Percent I think that preserving food for the future, and processing it to make it keep longer probably go back pretty far.
SearingTruth"I too relish small government.
Just large enough to cherish and protect the innocent, the poor, and the suffering."
SearingTruth
Frans Super 🇺🇦🇵🇸🍋 FKNZS🔻This can have an impact, if all the obsessive money-hoarders would read and understand this.
Confusion as a Service@gdinwiddie My greed is knowledge, I will never have enough
@CaaS Yes, curiosity is a delightful affliction.
Harald K.@gdinwiddie The curve balls the universe can throw at you are infinite. An old essay by @interfluidity I keep coming back to https://www.interfluidity.com/page/19?MobileOptOut=1
Templaillo Ahi@gdinwiddie Man, I wish I had enough. And then some, just in case.
@TemplailloAhi Building community with others is a stronger “just in case.”
mirabilos@gdinwiddie oh, to have enough money. *sigh…*
@mirabilos Connections with people can reduce your reliance on money.
@gdinwiddie from a certain point onwards, perhaps, but most don’t reach that point any more as it’s slipping upwards
adingbatponder@gdinwiddie I recognise that page: which book is that from?
TrimTab 🇺🇦@gdinwiddie
Even if they owned the entire universe, it wouldn't be enough. Never enough to fill the hole in a rich person's soul.
Even if they owned the entire universe, it wouldn't be enough. Never enough to fill the hole in a rich person's soul.
shironeko@gdinwiddie Heller is such a character.
@gdinwiddie @ez I find it fascinating. As I recall Saint Paul gave similar advice, saying that the way to be rich was to "Be content with what you have."
Jim Flanagan@gdinwiddie I, too, have had enough
MidgePhotoThere's another layer of awful.
Those for whom having nearly everything is less important than other people having nearly nothing.
Tobias@gdinwiddie I've been saying for a while now, to any who'd listen: Don't be grateful for what you have. Instead, be grateful for what you can share. Nobody has to go without.