We live in a society built around
perpetual dissatisfaction. As I write these words on my two-year-old MacBook
Pro, I cannot help but to think about how much better my life would be if I
went out and bought one of Apple's latest computers. Honestly, there is nothing
wrong with my present computer; in fact, it is the best computer I've ever
owned and still works as good as the day I bought it, maybe even better. The
truth is, I don't need a new computer, but I've been preconditioned by the
culture around me and the genius marketers at Apple to believe that every time
a new, updated MacBook Pro comes out, I need to run out and buy one.
The Apple computer bug may not have
bitten you, but I am certain there is someplace in your life where you've
learned to be perpetually discontented. For some people it is cars, for others
it is houses, or clothes, or books, or watches, or fishing boats. The list
could go on and on. We have been conditioned to think that something will bring
ultimate satisfaction to our lives, and we spend our lives on a never-ending
quest to find the thing.
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