A mother asks her children: you want to boil water, but the bucket is empty. What do you do?
One suggests finding a bucket. Another says borrow a basin quickly. A third says buy one.
The mother asks: why not simply pour out some water first?
Exhaustion often comes not from lack of resources but from desires that exceed capacity — more water than the container can hold.
There are two paths to contentment: increase your capacity to meet desires, or reduce the desires themselves. Since capacity is uncertain, contentment is the more reliable path.
Happiness is not being greedy. Happiness is knowing when enough is enough.