Not Everything is as Good as it Sounds

Many people wish for things they think are the best. But after they have what they had wished for, they realize that what they thought they wanted, is not what they really wanted. Because not everything is as good as it sounds. While I read the myth of Midas, I began to think about people's desires. People always think that having lots of power and lots of wealth is the best thing. But when those people actually get power and wealth, what they had wished for, they realize that having all of those things is not as good as it sounds. That they have to be careful on what they wish for because what they had desired may not be as great as they had thought.
In the myth of Midas, one day Bacchus looking for his old school-master Silenus gets very drunk and some peasants get him. The peasants brought him to King Midas, who invited Bacchus to stay over and treated him very well. After a few days, the king found Silenus, and Bacchus was very thankful, so he decided to reward Midas by granting him any wish. Midas wished for everything that he touch will become gold. And his wish became true, everything he touched became gold, everything. When he try to eat, his food became gold, when he try to drink wine, as the wine went down his throat became gold. Midas realized that the wish he had made was not as good as he had thought. He regreted all the power and wealth he had obtain.
"In consternation at the unprecedented affliction, he strove to divest himself of his power; he hated the gift he had lately coveted."-chapter 6, letter a.
I've known this myth for a pretty long time. But it was until now that I realized its meaning and its importance. This myth describes how people always want more wealth and more power. How people are never satisfied with what they have. And they always have a desire for something more. But, as I mentioned before, when they get what they had wished for, they notice that not everything is as good as it sounds. That they should be careful with what they wish.