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Merriam Webster defines enough as:  "occurring in such quantity, quality, or scope as to fully meet demands, needs, or expectations."

The word "expectations" is what gets most of us in trouble.  We have unreal expectations as to what we need.  We live in a time of commercial advertising telling us that "more isn't enough" and "bigger is better".  We have been brainwashed into believing this lie.  We struggle to pay for more, bigger, newer and better things that we don't even want or use.

One of my favorite bloggers is Leo Babauta from zenhabits.net.  Leo has offered the best explanation of "enough" that I've ever read:

"[ Enough.] This is the idea that we don't always need more -- that once we reach a certain point, we have enough. The key is to learn to recognize when that is. Often we don't realize we have enough, and are caught up in the cycle of more.

Having more breeds wanting more. It's an endless cycle of more, an addiction to acquiring and owning. We need to learn when enough is enough, and be happy with what we have. This doesn't happen overnight. It takes time, but most importantly it takes a consciousness of all of this -- of necessities vs. wants, of more vs. enough, of being happy by "doing" not "owning". Over time, this consciousness will result in a contentedness with what we already have..."

I believe that contentedness is what can be called "enough".

If we are content we don't have a lot of stuff cluttering our minds, homes and lives.  Without the clutter, there is less to clean and organize.  With less to clean and organize, there is more quality time to love and live.

My wish for you, my friends, is contentment.

(Oh yeah... I should point out that the knitter in the comic could easily be me.  The one thing I really have trouble defining "enough" in is my knitting.  She looks a little psychotic with those needles in hand... I suppose, at times, I look like that also.)