Achaan Chaa often called our life "just this much." We continually look and hope for a new, special thing that is going to last or make us happy, fulfill our needs, answer all our questions. In actuality, what are we going to get? We will get more seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, and thinking. That's it; that's what life is. We might like it to be otherwise, but it is just that much.
— Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield, Seeking the Heart of Wisdom