we are the richest

My dad the other day played a classic music song on his iPhone with Youtube the other day. He reclined on the couch, absorbing the music in peace.

That must've been what so many "rich" people did when the record player first came out and they were able to play music at home. It's a strange thought -- that the life we experience now is more "pleasure-filled" than any human experienced maybe 100 years ago.

Maybe a handful of people traveled the world back then. Most either stayed in the same country or made one move from one to another. Someone who has visited more than two continents was extremely rare back then, probably only limited to sailors who spent their lives on a ship months at a time. We have more entertainment, quicker and cheaper access, better access to food, more available hobbies, better transportation (cars, buses, trains, planes), and so much more.

Yet are we happier than those that came before us? Do we have more inner peace?

So careful with wanderlust and pleasure-seeking. Not to say that we should become cavemen again (although I do have that desire sometimes), but don't look for these things to give you happiness and peace.

Yours truly is quite guilty of this.