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[我的征文]-- Enough is Enough --欢迎大家指点批评. Enough is EnoughHe who knows he has enough is rich. ---Lao Tse,Tao Te ChingAs the story mentioned,once the circle found its missing piece,it lose the eye for the sorrounding that it owned from then on,what really makes me into deep thought:Couldn't we continue to prusue what we want?one point I must declare that,simplicity is not the same thing as destitution,or self-imposed deprivation.The practice of simplicity is all about being enough--what the ancients called the "Golden Mean." It has to do with finding a graceful balance in life where we have enough material possesstions to provide for our basic needs,plus some comforts and and luxuries that may not be required for basic survival but are appropriate to a dignified and self-actualizing life.As we might expect,there is considerable latitude here in deciding exactly how much is enough,and how much of what sorts of things.This will naturally vary with the individual,to some degree with the culture,certainly with geography,and with our state and stage in life.Paradoxically,in our pursuit of the satisfaction of our greed and appetites for pleasure we are also supposed to be "rational." Consumerism really doesn't offer any explanation for this state of affairs, being content rather to accept it as being "just the way people are," and proceeding from this premise to devise ways of making as much money as possible from it.The truth is,however,getting more and more stuff doesn't leave us better off.In such a social enviroment,coming to a personal awareness of how much is enough to provide for our well-being requires mindfulness to be sure,but also a measure of "self-defense." Those who succeed in identifying a gracefully sufficient way of life for themselves often say they maintain it at the cost of feeling that they stand aimd a social current constantly rushing in the direction of renewed consumption,a current that always inclines to pull them along with it.Discerning how much is enough also involves placing our personal consumption of things in the context of environmental sustainability,social justice,and inter-generational equity.One of the greatest challenges of voluntary simplicity is in creating a rich and meaningful way of life not only by finding a personal definition of jow much we think is enough,but by fitting that harmoniously into how much the earth can provide in a healthy and sustainable way.To summarize,the wholeness of life is a way of life based on "enough," on the middle way of sufficiency in all things.It appears that we are not innately "wired" to be satisfied with sufficiency.Whether our tendency to want more and more without limit is the result of natural evolution or spiritual malady,it is a fact of life.Happily,however,we are capable of understanding the nature of incessant desire,its destructive effects on our lives,relationships,and the environment,and we are capable of developing other ways of thinking and living based on a truer understanding of what will really bring us peace and contentment.
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