Searchingformyself

Living in America, the culture teaches us to continually search for a gratification that comes instantly. We, as American, embrace this to its fullest, as life is easier when work is paid off with instant results. I have joined many of the other Asians in hustling the ipad 2, which is a business that feeds of the American need for instant gratification. When the ipad first came out, people paid twice the price to have it on the very first day it was released. They couldnt wait a week or two until they could get it themselves or for a much more reasonable price. So, a market is established for ipads increasing their price greatly as the demand is much higher than the supply.

It is sickening to think about, the fact that people will pay 1600 for an ipad that costs only $900. 700 dollars wasted simply so they could have a new play toy a few weeks before everybody else. With 1600, the person could have gone on a short term mission trip and found a bit of meaning in their lives. Americans and modern societies are exchanging meaning with usefulness. We have job with less meaning and more usefulness and efficiency. We have forgotten the value in going slow, as the world revolves around money.

Instant gratification takes many forms, as it is not just acting upon every wish and whim. It could be the gratification you receive from pleasing somebody by obeying their actions, from the taste of the food you eat, or by becoming a super champion in a virtual world. What is worthwhile then? We are provided so many different opportunities to appease ourselves that in order to choose something that does not stimulate ourselves instantly must have a significant meaning. So I wonder, what is significant enough for you to halt instant gratification. Is it love? Hope? Faith? Passion? Respect? Friendship?

What drives you to push through the shit for a chance to attain something better?