Mildred asked:

Why are people not contented with what they have? Even when they're already successful they still
aren't happy, they're are still searching for something. So why is that?

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The answer follows on from my answer to Krishna, above.

To be "Good" at anything is to do a quality job at fulfilling the purpose of that thing. A good Human
Being is efficient and effective, and fulfils with quality, the purpose for which the Human Being was
built — to ensure the continued survival and proliferation of our genes.

To ensure the continued survival and proliferation of our genes is a never ending struggle. There is
never enough assurance that the job is complete. There is always something extra that can be done,
some marginal increase of assurance that can be found.

The struggle continues whether or not the individual is consciously aware of why they are striving, or
what they are striving for. Even if they are striving under misconceptions, misinformation, or mistaken
assumptions, the human animal is built to strive. The best situation is to be consciously aware of why
you are striving, and employ the best of your intellectual abilities to make conscious rational choices
of what to strive for. Happiness comes from knowing you are doing a good job.

Stuart Burns

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