The Revolution of the Dissatisfied

We crave satisfaction.  When satisfaction is not there we will do any and everything to attain it.  We will war with ourselves and with our friends and our families until that lingering itch is scratched.  It drives us mad with a passion like nothing else and you must have it, now!  For many, sex drives them into a ferocious cycle of desire, drive, reception, climax, disappointment, and desire again and again.  For others it is food, drugs, alcohol, work, video games, family, school, politics, writing, poetry, art, music, etc.  We are a driven people and we will have satisfaction.  We will kill others if we have to but we will have it, for it is our right to be happy is it not?  What happens when our hunger goes unmet?

We must be doing something wrong.  Look at the magazines on the shelves.  Do they not all promise 50 ways to improve your sex life, 7 habits of highly successful people, or the new diet that is guaranteed to shed those pesky pounds?  We fall for lie, after lie, after lie about what will make us happy.  We even believe yet a bigger lie that says we must be satisfied!

You will never be satisfied.  Ever.  It’s okay.  Once you accept this fact, it’s easier to recognize what is truly important and stop chasing after broken promises.  So, it seems cruel to create humanity with a drive for something that cannot be attained.  I totally understand that and can really relate.  I can’t tell you the why without it sounding completely religiously cheesy.  What I can tell you is this.  The longing, the drive can bring into your life opportunities for character.  This lack of satisfaction, if placed into the right area of your heart, can drive you to become a more affectionate, caring lover of people and God.  It can teach you patience, and cultivate in you an understanding of others hurts like never before.  This lack of satisfaction can ultimately lead you into becoming a better you.  Now, if my option is to never long again or to be a better spouse, a better friend, and a better lover of God, I think the choice is very clear.

So, the time to accept our lack of satisfaction for what it is, is now!  It’s time for us to recognize the truth of why we are this driven, and to embrace it, or you can choose to go on the roller coaster of life looking for that which is unattainable.  This is completely your choice.