Satisfaction in the Context of Infinity

In Tuesday's class, Matt Silliman mentioned that he finds the notion of infinite possibilities when playing the guitar at once frustrating and pleasant, because he will never run out of new tunes.  This, as it relates to the idea of worldly success and service for the benefit of others both being impossible to accomplish completely, caused me to think about the idea of being satisfied with something incomplete.

In the case of something like music, one can never achieve complete mastery or knowledge of the subject.  Similarly, one can never have all possible wealth, or make everyone in the world perfectly happy.  Such an inability to reach a goal could indeed be incredibly frustrating.  However, in spite of what the Hindu belief system appears to assert, I do not think it needs to be so.  While I think that in a subject with infinite possibilities it is best to continue attempting to improve or do more, and not be fully satisfied unless one reaches the highest level (which one never will, due to the nature of infinity), one can still be at least somewhat satisfied with reaching a level somewhere in the middle.  This does not say that one should stop improving at any point; but rather than being eternally unsatisfied, one should learn to focus on the satisfaction of what one has achieved - and if one does so, I think that working towards an impossible goal can be a truly enjoyable experience.