Gilgamesh

After finishing Gilgamesh, I realized something important. Throughout the whole book the only purpose in Gilgamesh´s life was to find something, although this purpose was constantly changing. At first it was Huwawa then the bull of Heaven, and finally immortality. Although I already knew this, it was somehow in the back of my mind, sort of in my unconscious, but this reading really brought it forward. A universal truth is that during our entire lifetime we are always wanting more, no matter how much we have. We always want more money, more accomplishemnts, more anything, as long as it´s more. I wonder if this is something good or bad. It can be negative in the sense that you don´t care about the ways in which you have more of whatever it is that you want to have, but it is also positive because this gives you a sense of purpose, a reason to be alive. After all, what would life be good for if we did not have a reason why keep on living? I guess this all means that it is good as long as we are aware of our actions.