If Only We Didn't Know

I was reading the other day about Adam and Eve and their experience in the Garden of Eden.  They had everything they would ever need.  They were well taken care of and lacked nothing.  I believe they could have lived a wonderful life if only they didn't know.  Know what?  If only they didn't know there was a tree in the middle of the garden forbidden to them.  If they didn't know that tree existed they never would have wondered what it would be like to eat from it.  They would have been perfectly content with what they had - and I mean perfectly.  They were, after all in Eden. 

So I thought about how life would be different for us today if we didn't know about all of the stuff we don't have or can't have or can't do, for that matter.  How would we behave differently if we only had what we needed and knew of nothing else?  Would we long for that new car, new pair of shoes, dishwasher, or washing machine if we didn't even know they existed?  How much of our lives are spent in discontent because we know these things exist?  Why do we always want what we can't or don't have? 

I wonder how much of our days would be spent in sheer thankfulness to God for His provision as opposed to being spent wishing we had more.  If only we didn't know what existed beyond our needs.