Recently, within a week, three different women came to me with the same topic. One of them, let’s call her Tatyana, talked about how she and her husband had started building a house. I have known Tatyana for a long time, she has always been soft, calm and cheerful, and suddenly I hear notes of dissatisfaction, even irritation, that, they say, it’s hard, and why did we start this, and this house is not needed. In the end, she admits that the best thing was in a two-room apartment in the godforsaken city of Ensk: the income was small, but her husband was always at home in the evenings and in general everything was fine. We had not seen another client, Oksana, for exactly a year, and for During this time, she and her husband built a house. And instead of the expected joy, I again heard a tirade of dissatisfaction, even anger, about the construction, and about the house, and about everything else... The third client, Svetlana, said: if I had a house, I would definitely be happy.. .And then I remembered a lot of “Oh, if only!...”: - Oh, if only I had a Mercedes... - Oh, if only I had another husband (like my neighbor Marya Ivanovna)... - Oh, if if only there was a different salary (like my neighbor Ivan Ivanovich)... - Oh, if only, oh if only, oh if only... And it seems to us that then we would definitely be happy, but again those who already have there is a house, Mercedes, Marya Ivanovna comes, Ivan Ivanovich and again: - Oh, if only... Discontent, discontent. dissatisfaction with... house, car, husband, neighbor, salary. payment... and again: “Oh, if only, oh, if only...” Oh, if only we could be happy here and now!