am i enough?
do I have enough?
can I ever have enough time?
am I happy enough?
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enough already!
This word has been haunting me lately. Especially the question of am I enough? Am I? Lately I have been wondering. When is enough...enough? Are we ever satisfied? Do we ever get to a point where we have enough stuff? Enough love? Enough happiness? Enough?
Now this word is even beginning to look odd to me.
*sigh*
I am learning so much lately. So much fickleness that life seems to be throwing at me. I have been questioning a lot of things. My strength has been tested... I have had enough. It's not all bad...and I have off loaded things that have been too much. When I have said enough is enough. So today I sit enjoying a quiet Sunday and pondering this word. The various dimensions of enough.
good enough
strong enough
brave enough
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And so at the end of the day...I ask myself have I tried hard enough? Have I achieved enough? Am I fearless enough? Or have I just had enough of this bullshit?
Hmmmm...
8 comments:
Our consumer society depends on us not knowing when enough is enough. We are trained to always think "more, more, MORE!" And if we don't know those limits when it comes to possessions, how can we know those limits about anything else?
Your questioning is very wise and actually very subversive.
two words that I would like to see eliminated from the English language..."should" and "enough". To me what is more important is contentment, satisfaction, fulfillment. To be able to put my head on the pillow at the end of the day and say "this was a good one. I did what I could and I am content". May you find that level of satisfaction and contentment. xo
i look at it like this:
if i died tomorrow, i'd be happy with who i was while i was living, with no regrets.
so for me that means i have loved and been loved enough {and then some} and i have achieved enough {mostly from being a wife and a mother}
maybe that makes me simple, but in the end, it will have been enough.
hugs
I think that we are good enough, strong enough, and brave enough. Maybe we just don't give ourselves ENOUGH credit....
This word always reminds me of one of my most favorite movies ... Love Actually ... the scene where the Keira Knightley kisses him and he walks away saying "Enough".
Enough? That is one deep question. Personally, the hardest thing about 'enough' is being able to say 'enough is enough' and moving on. I tend to hold on like a Pit Bull. And then there are those 'I've had enough's' BUT you can't move on because someone's wellbeing depends on you. Ahhh, it never ends. Great post!
I finally caught up with your last few posts..love your messages and questions. Raising children, I am left feeling like whatever I do, its not enough. and that is a tough feeling to swallow. But I am doing my best which is all I can do.
miss u
xo Lisa
Your post requires thought. Don't you think we're strong and brave enough when it really counts? I don't like the words good enough. It implies satisfaction with the status quo and that means not moving forward. I want to be better, not good enough. As for having enough, I learned I can live on very little, but I prefer having enough and then some.
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