“The happiest man passionately desires what he already possesses.” This is a really tough state of mind to attain. I am very happy with what I have but I have this unquenchable consumer drive in me. Where does this come from? Is it the biological drive of a consumer that made it possible for us to populate this planet to such an extent? The search for the necessities of life that are now so readily available that this wanting and searching has now been direct towards products? I look through my music catalogues and drool over these guitars and amps and effect boxes when I already have these things, and damn nice ones at that. It’s not that I need them but I wish I could buy them so I could fawn over their curves and shiny paint jobs and sonic diversity, it’s a lot like porn, pure fantasy. I can’t help wishing that I had unlimited funds so I could buy what ever I wanted for myself of course and then for other people, I am a selfish fucker don’t forget. The thing is I don’t have enough time to play all the instruments that I own as it is (and maintain a healthy relationship with my wife, and stay physically healthy) but I am still pining for these possessions. I think I’ll write it off as the human condition. Maybe I’m just hungry, it is past lunch. What do you all think?