It’s Not a Limited Pie — There’s More Than Enough for Everyone

There are more than enough of the things we most desire.

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Everybody wants things.

Some are basic necessities — like food, clothing, and shelter. Others are modern necessities like a mobile phone, wifi connections, transportation, and the like that we could live without — but prefer not to.

And then there are the bigger, better, faster, more desirable things we would like to have — but are not entirely necessary. Newer cars and mobile phones, faster computers, better wardrobes, smaller waistlines, better hair, and the like.

This is where things tend to get convoluted. Why? Because we have been led to believe that there is lack, insufficiency, and not enough.

True, there are some things made in limited quantities to make their value artificially high. Limited edition collectibles and such. And then, some things are artificially withheld or controlled to maintain their value, like diamonds. Further, there are resources that potentially are finite, such as petroleum.

Apart from these things, however, there is no true lack, scarcity, or insufficiency (and all of those things can be replaced with alternatives, of course). There is enough and more than enough of this, that, or the…