we have slowly learned by the means of 'whatever-the-fuck' media or culture today that ideally, more means best, more means good, more means great. basically reiterating consumer culture which dictates that the more we own/possess, the better we are.
i beg to differ in that very sense by thinking about the analogy of coffee:
we pay an average RM8 here today for a cup of good latte. Starbucks gives you the opportunity to choose three different sizes (S,M,L - screw the fancy size names) with the additional of RM1 for each upgrade in size.
Yet, any other consumer would think that , "Hey! for only an additional RM1, I can get a larger cup of coffee".
But, the wise will think and understand that it isn't about the size of the cup which dictates satisfaction, but the quality of the cup. Besides, there's only so much latte you can actually consume before going into the shits.
Translate that into life's perspective where we think that more of something actually means better: more time, more money (debatable), more things, more fun, more this, that, etc. actually translate into a better sense of living.
If we put ourselves in a position to think that quantity can dictate satisfaction, there will come a time that we may be forced to see otherwise.
Eg: spending more time with someone, maximizing your day may seem like a lot, but what really means everything is in the details of things, those little moments we think we covered, but didn't. Like a cup of coffee, the first sip, and the last bits before it's over - then only do we realise, that was amazing.
With that said, it's in the nothingness, in the details, in the smaller things, in the quality of things, of things unseen, of things unnoticed, that makes life a little bit special.
some advice to myself.
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