SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT LIFE:
Ever play a video game? I don't mean Pac-Man, I mean a real game with a storyline. That's why I played video games so much back in the day - for the story. Anything from RPGs to flight sims, as long as the story was good I played it.
Funny thing though, when I was playing I would get sidetracked by stuff. I wanted to backtrack down every side trail to make sure I wasn't missing a treasure chest. You never know, I might be missing something that will come in handy later on in the game. And you can never have too much money, right? Oh and on gamefaqs there's a cool guide on how to get that really overpowered sword... Sometimes I would erase days of gameplay and start over because I realized I couldn't go back in the game to get something I missed. And always I would spend far too much time getting stuff, and always I would reach the end of the game with tons of money unspent. Funny, I thought I was playing this game for the story, not to get game-stuff.
I've noticed life is a lot like that. A lot of people complain about their jobs because they always want a better one. A lot of people complain about the things they have missed, or things they imagine they might have missed in life. There is a large and very real drive to push oneself to be more, do more, have more. And while they are trying to find everything they can in the game of life, they are missing the story they came for.
Sure we need some stuff to get through this game. But we're not here for the stuff, we're here for the story.