Winning and succeeding are sometimes 2 different things. Being grateful and being happy are sometimes 2 different things.
What do people enjoy most in life? If they could have anything in life they want what would it be? People who have the means to have essentially whatever they want -what do they tend to gravitate towards? Now tell me what is the opposite of that? The life of a monk? Pretty much. So what is that tell us? Is about satan? About spirituality? About what we human beings are -and are capable of teriorating towards? That is, the essence of our being? We are capable of becoming slugs or gods.
Other people may not be there for you but you are there for them.
A lifetime of pursuing what you want versus a lifetime of denying yourself what you want. Throughout time immortal what is the the documented results of these 2 philosophy’s?