Rabban Gamliel used to say:

Desire only that which has already been given.
Want only that which you already have.

— Rabban Gamliel in Wisdom of the Jewish Sages: A Modern Reading of Pirke Avot by Rami Shapiro

 

To Practice This Thought:
Do the hardest thing of all: ask for nothing else.

 

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