time to tip back the scales

Someone once observed that
We only seem to know how much is enough, after we have gone to far.

What is enough, for each of us, is probably different for each of us, but,
The question we should be addressing is, "What is enough for all of us?"

Have we achieved the point of too much,
have we gotten to the point that will allow us to say what is enough,
because we have had too much?

Now that most of our real suffering comes from what we do to ourselves,
and each other,
it seems easy to say that we have too much, we have gone to far
we have past that point of equilibrium between ourselves and the world around us.

A large problem in our existence is the fact that so much of who we are is defined by
our lack of concern for balance, and equilibrium.

Not very much, if anything at all, in our culture and our societies can be said to be
aimed at achieving a balance, or achieving a sustainable path.

Why might we think that our sources of energy are too much to ask of our situation, because
they are an cause of suffering and disease to us.

Why might we think that our methods of finance and exchange are too have gone too far, because
they have created their own liabilities and limitations.

We could ask the questions of ourselves on topic after topic, food, religion, defense, possession.......
In the answers will always be, the sum of having gone too far, having had too much, having gone past what is good for us all, even if it is still seen as not enough for a few.