Funny "enough", that quote inspired me to write a book called "Enough." as a double meaning for being fed up with the world and also being satisfied with what you have.
I read this story in Jack Bogle's book called "Enough". I had no idea where I came across these other words until now, but I did use them as a intro page in my book because they were so fitting at the time:
Enough — What an eloquent word.
Enough — What a potent word.
Enough — An underused word, maybe.
Thanks for sharing.
Are you familiar with the Swedish word/concept "lagom"?
I had not. I wish I did when I was writing this book as it is a great word.
I have heard of "moderation" (stoicism), "goldilocks" (fairy tales), balancing yin-yang (daoism/confucianism), middle way (buddhism), golden mean (aristotle), etc.
I've heard of wabi-sabi recently which seems like a similar idea in Japan.
I was going to ask, but I do now:
You're welcome. I'd forgotten where I heard it, too, but fortunately, you can just type a quote into DDG (or Google) and the top answers usually have the source.
I really do like this story, but there is also a part of me that reacts by thinking "Easy for world-famous novelists Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut to chuckle about they have talent, notoriety, and respect that no amount of money could buy and couldn't have been achieved by chasing wealth. For the rest of us toiling away in the rat race, hedge fund billions sound pretty great!"
You missed the point: it's enough money.
You could have enough, too. Anyone can.
https://narendragoidani.medium.com/but-i-have-something-he-w...