Once you get what you want, you don’t arrive at peace. You arrive at… nothing. The desire itself was what gave things meaning.

For the average person, this tends to be true. But it is because we lack the self-awareness to know what makes us happy. Fantasies and desires always seem like they will make us happy from a distance.

For those who understand what gives them real joy and happiness, desire fades or becomes more focused.

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Very Buddhist exchange, perhaps unwittingly. ABN