Too Much Is Never Enough to Make Us Happy

Friday, January 31, 2025

Humans have a tremendous amount of power and choice. We have spent millions of years increasing these things, moving us farther away from the larger flow of nature. What we have done with that power and choice hasn’t however made us happier.

This story shows how greed destroys balance, increases misery and makes the super wealthy no more noticeably richer than they were before. Would Walgreens’ shareholders and c-suite really see a difference in the standard of living by moving the aforementioned medicine from $66 to $539?

What would the world look like if the inventors and developers of medicine, the companies that facilitate getting the medicine to market, the retailers and the patients all benefited? Maybe the CEOs won’t be able to buy a ticket on a doomed submarine, or buy an island or a third house. Would they really be worse off? Is the best way to screw over the majority to grossly enrich the super wealthy?

_Wisdom, open our eyes and minds to the better way, to the way of the commonwealth of love and goodness. Convict us of the benefits of this way of being, and guide us to realize it. _