Never settling for good enough keeps us in a constant state of seeking, which is inherently opposite to contentment.
The animal who is always seeking food doesn’t ever experience the contentment of a full belly. The human who is always seeking safety never experiences the contentment of stillness. Always seeking more means that what we have is never, ever enough. This is especially obvious when it comes to money. The constant pursuit of more money, regardless of how much one already has, serves and perpetuates capitalism at its very core.
The idea that there is always something better, something more exciting, something that pays more, something that could fulfill you even 1% more, can keep you from ever experiencing true safety or contentment. This concept erodes many relationships by planting the thought in our heads that if a romantic partner isn’t completely compatible, you can find another one, or if a friendship isn’t serving you 100% of the time, you have the right — or even the responsibility — to ditch that friend and find better ones.
“Better” is a fugazi. It’s a pipe dream. It’s a moving goalpost. Better will always exist just like worse will always exist, and there will always be things you desire that are outside of your reach. In order to settle for good enough, you have to know what good enough even feels like. And if you’re always looking ahead at how something can be better, you are not looking around at how something currently is. You are not allowing yourself to feel the current moment, because manifestation says you need to focus your feelings on already having the better thing or the better situation. You are not supposed to ask yourself, “What if it never gets better than this? What if this is all I need?” because then you would immediately be thrust out of the rat race.
Your contentment and safety, specifically with your money, is capitalism and imperialism’s worst enemy, but first you have to identify contentment and safety for yourself. Letting go of the constant chase for better is the first step in actually feeling and doing better.
