Wants

“ ‘… Having more does not keep you from wanting more. 

And if you always want more – to be richer, more beautiful, more well known – you are missing the bigger picture 

…

and happiness will not come.”

……

… “When a baby comes into the world, its hands are clenched, right?”

“Why? 

Because a baby, not knowing any better, wants to grab everything, to say, ‘The whole world is mine.’ ”

“But when an old person dies, how does he do so? With his hands open. 

Why? 

Because he has learned the lesson.”

‘What lesson?’ I asked.

He scratched open his empty fingers.

“We can take nothing with us.” 

-Have A Little Faith by Mitch Albom, page 101