Oliver Twist...

If the most stupid question in the world is, "Is there GOD?", I heard the second most stupid question today. Someone actually asked me, "Why do you want the things you don't have?" What a moron.
But, he got me thinking. Not of the extent of his stupidity, just thinking of the fact that, that's what we always want; what we don't have. It's my final proof of the insatiability of man.
Rich men don't pass through needle eyes, (or was it camels?), spouses never stay faithful, and Oliver keeps wanting more. That's the state of our world, as it has always been since the beginning of time. And someone says that even the Bible allows us this insatiation, in the book of Proverbs, "..in all thy Getting, Get understanding..".
Now we ask ourselves, with the words from the Holy Book still ringing in our ears, is it therefore a vice to want more?
Too much of everything is bad. That's an adage or admonishment as old as any, and true too. I can remember, very clearly, the last time I went against that sacroscant law. It was beginning of this year, and this story involves me and a 4litre jar of ice-cream. Now, I loooove ice-cream, and half of the angels of Heaven would be needed to stop me if I get to that ecclesiastical place and there is no ice-cream!, and on that fateful day, here was I with a 4litre jar.
At nature, I'm very conservative, a tad of a miser sometimes, but that day, I just wanted mooore! This was something I had! 4litres of vanilla cream all for me, but I just kept wanting another taste., just one more. I finished the jar that day, and my tummy told the story, very badly. (Don't blame me, even Eve couldn't say no to an ordinary fruit, and she had the frigging Garden Of Eden). It doesn't hurt that, the bakery I bought the ice-cream from is called "Wan' more" either, but that is another story.
We always desire more. It's a part of our genetic make-up, it is only after subjecting those hormones and desires that we impose control(keyword being 'impose'). That's why we have sex-offenders, obese people, murderers, thieves and so on, people who were unable to say no to the desire for more. In the world today, however, this 'More syndrome' is actually welcomed. Corporate boardrooms, bank floors, marital bedrooms, concert stages. Encore!
And the man said to his wife;
Man: More?
Wife: Yes! Yes! Yes!*moan*
But that again, is another issue.
How does a man improve if he does not want to?
I think, this is the question the Creator was addressing when he integrated the 'More factor' into our genomic sequence. The desire for more is the very basis of Competition, and like any kid would know, Competition begets success.
So therefore, I'll say it proudly, I'm an Oliver Twist, and I always want more! Desire, Get-to-work, Achieve, then you Desire again. Never forget the 'Get-to-work' step though and who knows, we may achieve whatever we want, Babel-style.
Encore!(Read again).