Retention of Sanity when plagued by the Devil

Ambition and aspiration can serve as drugs at times, it doesn't provide hope but rather hallucinations of better prospects which never arise, when life knocks you down, all you got to do is to take high dosage of these drugs and everything would seem just fine, you can laugh away your misery, for all you know, they make you forget the traces of its very existence, its highly potent and legal, its consumption is termed ethical and is advocated by all of humanity and the best part is that anybody can prescribe it, if you find nobody, then prescribe it yourself, you don’t have to go to a drug store to obtain it, as its available in plenty and comes with no price tag, its available in the T.V  that you watch or the book that you read, the elite telling the marginalized that what they seek is within their grasp and all that they need to do is to hold on to it, till it becomes a reality, nobody realizes their purpose in life, some say it’s to become rich and famous and another sect state it’s to yield power, the once who pretend to be wise say it’s to make a change or a difference, some vouch for religion and to pursue its cause,  some are caught up with miscued patriotism, maybe with respect to a land that they belong too, religion or race, pretty ironic as it may seem as some are ready to lay down their life for being part of race or land which was purely accidental and in which they had no role to play.

 When you are young you are told you can live the life you dream't,  the dream was a pleasant one, which had a house, a woman in your life, a couple of kids of your own and watch your parents grow old, that was the dream, watch the sun rise, flowers blossom, smiles everywhere and that was it, the older you grow,  it seems pretty evident that this isn't enough, life offers more and that there is more to it, then it starts getting a bit complex, more women, more money followed by success in career, then make a million bucks, then triple that, I mean this is ridiculous, human need just doesn't have a full stop, cannot blame the devil for it, as we live in the era of abundance, we have grown from a phase where in the very urge in life was to obtain food for ourselves and the family, to everybody having an individual definition which vary tremendously, now food is no more a motive, as it is available every ten blocks you walk, you turn around, you got something available to eat, irrespective of whether you need it or not, you eat not because you are hungry but because you are bored, isn’t that something, some starve the rest languish on abundance,  have all’s feeling sorry for have not’s, news channels airing stories about who low can we stoop, What is it that defines motive in somebody’s life, I haven’t realized it, if its success, how do you define it, I think we were better off being naive, there was a phase where in an average farmer during 16^th century would only amass as much knowledge as  what a regular 25 sheet newspaper carries his entire life, now knowledge cannot be quantified and so is the human urge, retention of sanity  may be a tough task when the epidemy  of greed is set loose by the devil.