To me, the more you have, the less you have. In a society where everything is offered at the expense of your time, you end up sacrificing more of your life working for the things you want than the pleasure and satisfaction you get out of these things. You are paying way more than it costs, and in my eyes the cost does not bring ever-lasting peace and contentment. When you begin to seek pleasure/entertainment/non-pain outside of your yourself, you lose yourself in a perpetuating state of madness. Once they get you hooked, they reel you in for life. Do people with 5 billion dollar houses with the most expensive cars and the most expensive yachts enjoy life more than you? In a sense, they actually suffer more than you, because they have everything yet they are never full of life. They realize they should be happy with all the money and possessions they own, but there is still something lacking in their life, the absence of everything. You can never have it all, so why try? Who go insane over nothing? The more you have, the less you value the things you do have. Those with little have more than anyone else, because they are at least grateful for having what they have and do not seek outside of themselves for happiness. They are not living for objects, but for their own selves, for what is real, for what is not a part of the lie. I think that by giving something up everyday, you are actually getting something greater and invaluable everyday. Empty yourself and then you shall be full. It's called giving up the lesser(desire/seeking/want for oneself) for the greater(realizing you already have it all). Practice it something and the Universe shall reward you, not via materials but via a sense of worth, contentment, peace, love, joy. Once you give up everything, everything gives itself to you. “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be” - Lao Tzu “Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” - Lao Tzu "Seek not good from without: seek it from within yourselves, or you will never find it." - Epictetus