Hi there! If you’re here, I’m so glad that you are! And why would I be happy that you’re here? That sounds like a cross examination question doesn’t it? But never mind. I’m happy you are well enough to be here, and because I get to share a revelation with you. So while my mind is shaking and baking, let’s blog.
Is enough enough? Good question.
Enough is a simple enough word. One of those words that’s not spelled like it’s spoken. But it is a good word to holler when you’re all out of patience.
Enough is the greatest one word I can think of that defines complete satisfaction. Hey! I’m going to write that down. Nah. Just kidding. So let’s have a look at this here word enough, and then we’ll know enough.
Ok. Say you just received enough money to pay off all your major and minor bills, for the next twenty-five years. -Meaning that all of your property taxes would be paid up for the next twenty-five years, including all of your groceries bills, medical bills, plus all other health care needs, clothing needs, retirement needs, and household appliance repair needs. Included in this deal would be enough money, for the next twenty-five years, to pay for four new cars, in cash, every four years, along with any kind of repairs they may need. And, of course this includes all gas and insurances as well. Alright. Hold on. Let me take a deep breath. ….Okay. Let’s roll.
In that supply of cash, for the next 25 years, is money enough to be able to eat out five times a week, go to the movies three times a week, go on a twenty thousand dollar vacation three times a year, family and all. And let’s just throw in a brand new six bedroom six bathroom modernized home every eight years, with new furniture provided every four years, professional style gym equipment, replaced every two years, a 60 foot yacht, replaced every five years, two jet skis, replaced every three years… Hey am I getting close to enough yet???
Now I know that I’ve left out a whole bunch of stuff, but if all these things were to be provided for you and your family for the next twenty-five years, would this be near enough?
Why are you looking up at the ceiling? If you had that kind of money in your hand right now—a cool two hundred and fifty million; would you say this might be close enough to your idea of enough?
Now I’m just guessing, mind you. But I believe the first thing somebody might say is, “Yeah, it would be enough if…” IF??? !!!! Stop the car. We just hit a two-foot deep pothole. Because if there is an IF in your answer, what would be enough?
I get it though. How can enough ever be enough when a person isn’t so sure what enough is. Now hold that thought. Let me hurry up and change into my human guinea pig disguise.
Give me a seventy-five inch flat screen smart TV, with 4k UHD, 2160p, that has all the other bells and whistles, and man I’m going to get happy feet! Who, me?! Yup! I’d pop that Hi-tech monster out of it’s box, hook it up, turn it on, and then plop myself down on the couch to enjoy some real fine TV binge watching! -Like Austin Powers used to says. “Yeah Ba-by!” Now we’re talking about enough for sure!
But wait! Now check this out. One good old day, I go over to a friend’s house, and sit down to watch a little pro football on his ninety-eight inch flat screen, techno-monster. Aaand… You guessed it! Right then and there, enough is going to kind of really start getting on my nerves! Hey wait. Are you out there snickering at me? (Insert the teeth grinding sound track here.) Hey that ain’t fair! I got a really good excuse! I’m only human, you know?! And… Okay, whatever!
But I know you see why the word enough can be hard to live with. Having enough, a lot of times, competes with “If I only had a little bit more.” For example: Once upon a time, in the land of prime real estate, there was a brand new eight bedroom house with a pool, Pickle Ball court, and a Jacuzzi. Derek and Monique were walking by it and thought. “If we could just get this wonderful house, we would never ever want something this expensive ever again.” Derek and Monique, are you sure about that?
Or how about this… Jack B. Hip looks into the window of a tanning salon and sees the kind of woman he has always dreamt of. She reminds him of a Ferrari he had once seen in a showroom—all racy curves and engineered for excitement. He thinks to himself, “If she would just be my lady, I would never ever want any other woman for the rest of my life.” Are you sure about that Jack?
Hellooooo! Here’s a real live news exclusive to think about. Straight from the folks at Channel True News. Until a person knows what enough really is, and accepts it, they’ll most likely keep looking past whatever enough looks like to get at something more.
Ever really thought about what enough looks like?
Well, don’t look at me! Everybody has to answer this question for themselves. But in my mind, enough is the point where I stop looking for more than enough.
Here’s one example of my having enough. Having a woman who really loves me and cares about me, just as if I were a living piece of her arm. My wife may be reading this blog today, so… (Enter here the sound track of my head turning slowly to look left and then right.) Aw, let me be serious just for a second. My wife is enough woman for me!
A few of my other enoughs are just being able to go out and see a movie once in a while. -Or staying in and streaming a couple of favorite shows or a sporting event. …Or going out to eat maybe once a week, or every other week. Having my bills paid up. Hanging out at the park on a nice day. Enough for me is also hanging out with family and friends. Or having enough money in the bank to make a needed purchase, or the occasional saved up for purchase. -Like a 98 inch TV Bubbah! Just teasing. It’s too big and expensive for me.
Don’t get me wrong. There are a few small purchases I’d like to make that are not in the budget. …Like a couple of plane tickets to Virginia to visit some good friends, or taking a few road trips with my wife and kids. -Simple things. But these are only some of my enoughs. Everybody’s are different. -But are they the kind of enoughs that really satisfy, or are they the kind of enoughs that don’t?
If you have God influencing your life, believe me, you’ll know every time you’re standing next to enough. Thanks for reading. And may God bless you in the most interesting ways.