We don't get what we want!

This is an oft repeated line, if you don't get what you want, enjoy what you get. to say that i believe in this statement would be utter falsehood. i don't think there is a single other aphorism that hits a raw nerve like this one does. come on, how do you settle for second best? everyone who aspires for quality must abhor this line. so too, everyone who has been cheated in love, denied a raise or got a lower-than-asked for raise, or shunned by friends for no reason or generally been resented his success, his rightful place in the success pantheon. i know we don't get what we want, and that it is more often than not. but to say we have to enjoy what we get is bunkum. if we don't get what we want, we accept it and move on, trying again, like Robert Bruce's famous spider, to get what we want at another time and place. to enjoy what you get is to believe you are only good enough to be second best!!!