Satisfaction - Essay Example

too high something a little lower no never mind I saw a better one here could you get this beige one for me yes that one no wait a minute the one beside it is a darling I think I like that better…. (Flow) Why I had to come here on my one-hour lunch break, I will never know. I should have realized that the other sales personnel would also be on break, leaving just one hapless soul at the counters. The lady seemed to take forever, but at last, at last! she was done. She took her purchase over to the cashier, and finally I got my turn to be attended to.

I pointed out my choice – I had it in mind since I saw it last week, except last week I didn’t have enough money. This particular pair I got was a dream, something to wear on the special weekend coming up… (Twist ties) But the week had not ended yet, so I wake from the dream to rush back to the office. I made my way to the cashier where, I noticed, a queue had formed. Something’s holding up the line, I thought. I peered over at the side to see who’s at the front of the line. Many people go about their lives looking for satisfaction.

They say, if only I had ten thousand dollars, I will be satisfied. Or, if I marry the right guy or girl, I will settle down and be satisfied. Or once I get my college degree, I will be satisfied. Or, when I lose 20 pounds, I will be satisfied. We all chase after satisfaction, thinking that it comes after we acquire a single “thing”. But like the Harry Potter movies, there always seems to be another “thing” coming. The problem is, when we have ten thousand dollars, we say, it’s not enough, I want twenty thousand, or a hundred thousand, because I still have more needs.

Sometimes when we marry someone whom we think is Dr. Jekyll, he or she turns out to be a Mr. Hyde, and we make a beeline for the divorce attorney’s office. Once we get that much-awaited college degree - you guessed it: masters, of course… then doctorate. Then after losing pounds, a