In pursuit of more, we loose what matters most

***In pursuit of more, we loose what matters most*** A poor farmer believed that if he had enough land, he would be happy. Once he heard of someone selling land at very low prices. The rule was: For a fixed price, one could have as much land as he could walk around from sunrise to sunset, but had to return to the same spot by sunset. Failure means a loss of both money and land. The farmer walked, marking boundaries. Every time he thought of returning, he saw more beautiful land ahead and thought, "Just a little more…” At sunset he realized he had gone too far. He ran towards the starting point, desperate to reach before sunset. But as the sun disappeared, he collapsed and dropped dead. The seller said, “Bury him. That’s all the land he needs.” Greed, promises happiness, but takes peace away. We chase money, property and status. No one truly owns anything. In pursuit of more, we loose what matters most — health, relationships, peace and time. Earth is vast, our needs are small. We expand boundaries, forgetting that all we need is land to rest.