Enough Is Key (Where Wisdom Comes From)

All suffering can be summed up as such...

One has too much. One has too little.

Simple example:

• If you eat too much, you'll become slow and overweight.
• If you eat too little, you'll become weak and crippled.

Both lead to suffering. Suffering is the circle of extremes. Too much is abuse. Too little is starvation.

Recently I heard a quote,

“The generation of the past suffered from scarcity while the generation of today suffers from abundance.”

I argue…

All generations—past, present, and future– suffer from the same suffering. The ignorance of Enough.

One person is starving to death. Another is eating themselves to an early grave. But the wise understood this idea of Enough.

The End Is The Beginning

In all stories of individuals finding enlightenment and wisdom, they all begin and end the same. It begins with transformation.

The individual endures suffering after suffering. Until they reach a breaking point and yell to themselves,

“Enough! No longer am I willing to live this way.” After this awakening, their adventure begins.

As their story begins with enough, it ends with enough. “This life, I lived. I want no more. I want no less.”

The wise open and close their lives with this understanding. Be wary of extremes.

In every area of life, be observant on when to stop or when to do more.

• Too much exercise will break the body. Too little will weaken it.
• Too much money is greed. Too little is poverty.
• Too many relationships bring suffocation. Too few relationships bring isolation.
• Too much water will make you drown. Too little water will make you thirst.

Understanding “Enough” is the path to living well.

• Enough is Wisdom.
• Enough is Truth.
• Enough is Here.
• Enough is Freedom.
• Enough is Perfect.

If you understand “Enough”, you understand Everything.

"There is no greater calamity than not knowing what is enough.
There is no greater fault than a desire for success.
Therefore, knowing that enough is enough...is always Enough."

- Lao-Tzu, Tao Te Ching