More, More, More, And Still Empty

The Greatness Guide | 5th July

Jul 04, 2025

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about grandeur. Maybe it was Jeff Bezos’ wedding extravaganza or just the general feeling in the air. This sense that everything has to be bigger, shinier, louder. It’s like we’ve created a culture that rewards spectacle, but no one stops to ask what we’re actually trying to prove. Or what we’re trying to fill.

We live in a world that constantly tells us we need more. More success, more stuff, more status. There’s an insatiable hunger baked into the system. And if someone else gets what we want, it can feel like there’s somehow less left for us. That’s the scarcity mindset quietly at play. Not just around money or opportunity, but around love, peace, and belonging too.

But here’s the quiet truth I keep circling back to. None of it lasts. Not the followers. Not the handbags. Not the corner office. The more we chase, the more disconnected many of us feel. Like we’re endlessly stacking bricks on a foundation that was never solid to begin with.

One of the most grounding reminders I come back to is a simple truth from the Jewish tradition. No matter who you are, no matter how rich or powerful, when you leave this world, it’s in the same way as everyone else. A plain wooden box, a cotton shroud, and that’s it. It’s not about status or success. It’s about returning to simplicity. We enter with nothing, and we leave with nothing. What we take with us is the life we lived. How we treated people. What we gave away, not what we held onto.

There is something so powerful in that reminder. That when all is stripped away, love is what remains. Not just romantic love, but the love we show in our presence, our care, our humanity. The parts of us that connect rather than compete.

In this week’s episode of Sarah’s Thoughts, I unpack this even more. This idea that maybe we’ve lost something in our striving. That the real nourishment is in connection, not accumulation. And that perhaps, just perhaps, the most radical thing we can do right now is slow down, get quiet, and remember what really matters.

If you’re feeling tired of the noise and hungry for meaning, I think you’ll find something in this one.

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