Why is it that no matter how much we have we always want more? Why do we so easily tire of our possessions? Why do we feel the need to constantly acquire something new something bigger and better? The next acquisition will make us feel satisfied we tell ourselves. The next purchase will be the one to do for us what all previous purchases did not.
And while the next purchase might indeed give us some measure of pleasure we soon tire of the old and once again desire the new.
And so the cycle continues.
As we know everything in the physical world has a parallel in the spiritual world.
A person’s natural instinct for wanting more parallels his neshamah’s yearning for more spirituality. Perhaps Hashem implanted this character trait within us so that we can sublimate it and utilize it in our avodas Hashem.
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