WoW. This is such a mind twister! Very thought-provoking…
I’d say that:
1st - what we want does not equal what will make us happy. As long as we don’t understand that, there is no way!
2nd - we want instant results. Bastiat told us already that favorable instant solutions provide lont-term disastrous consequences. Because of our FOMO, we miss most of the gold nuggets life has to offer.
“We have two lives. The second begins the moment we realize we only have one.” - Confucius