Being greedy is bad, we all know that.
The greed of money might help us become rich but at the cost of our values, morals and relationships.
The greed for food might give us satisfaction at the moment but long term consequences are obesity and health problems.
The greed of power, again, comes at the cost of our honesty and morals at times.
To sum up, greed is something that gives us little but takes away more.
But still, there's one acceptable greed for me, the greed for love.
Living beings are a culmination of emotions and feelings. No matter how much we run away from them, they keep following us and never leave us alone. Craving for more and more love, I think, should be ok because love makes us happy, love brings laughter, love releases our pains and love intensifies our mind and soul.
My husband keeps pushing me to leave our country, India, and move to some better place like Australia and Canada. Mostly because of the pollution and dirty politics here. Being an IT professional, it's not a very tough task for me. If I focus and intend to take an onsite profile, I can easily get it and move to another country with my husband ad son. But the only reason stopping me from doing this is the greed for love of my family.
I can't leave my parents and siblings here all alone. I need there love and I know they need it from me. I can see the amount of happiness in their eyes when they see Raag, their grandson. The way they play with him, they actually become kids. I can't take away that happiness from them. Obviously, if we move away, the love is not going to fade off. But those smiling faces and charming years will badly be missed and hence I can never move out.
With this greed also there's a loss. We are inhaling bad air everyday and being a part and party to the dirty politics. But honestly, this greed and the loss that comes along with it is acceptable to me. I would not be happy breathing in the good air because I would be away from my parents. I would not be able to see them when I want, I wont be able to relish my mom's made food, my dad's jokes and lessons and my siblings' fights.
I accept my greed and I want to live with it no matter what.
