Back in the late 80s, there was a professor at the University of California by the name of Richard McKenzie,

and he wrote a book that really became a landmark, particularly among those of us who are interested in the sociological and the cultural life.

The book entitled, Don't Let It Scare You, The Paradox of Progress.

In that book, Dr. McKenzie laments the fact that the baby boomers, that is my generation,

but back then we were in our late 30s.

So I just want you to get that in sequence, okay?

He's not talking about now.

He was talking about back then,

the baby boomers who are whining and complaining about the circumstances, they actually live

much better than kings have lived 200 years ago.

He explains the paradox of good time on one hand and discontentment and dissatisfaction with life on the other.

It's a paradox. Can you see it? Good time, discontentment. Somehow they go

together. It's a paradox. He goes on to great depth, of course, of contrasting the great

economic expansion in the West with the high rate of discontentment, this satisfaction, being critical, and being griping all the time.

Whether you are a generation X or Y or millennials, you're in the same boat as we are.

What I wanted to say back then is, this is not new. Nothing new under the

sun. It doesn't matter what generation you belong to. This is not a great discovery. This is exactly

what Jesus said to the Samaritan woman back in John chapter 4. He said to her, the more you drink of the water

of the world, the more thirsty you become. This is not original paradox with Professor McKenzie.

I'm going to give you a formula. I want you to remember it. And you can take it to the bank.

And the formula is this. The more you have, the more you want, the more dissatisfied you are.

Did you get that? Okay. Remember this formula. The more you have, the more you want, the more dissatisfied and discontented you become.

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