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Getting What We Want Isn’t What We Really Want
There is always something else to strive for – and this keeps most of us in a constant, sometimes painful, state of never-satisfied striving. And that striving for something that we do not yet possess is called desire. Desire doesn’t bring us joy because it is, by definition, always for something we feel we lack.
Luke Burgis • How to Know What You Really Want | Psyche Guides
Free yourself from the idea that fulfilling your wishes will make your life happier. Then you can wish for what you want and will rarely feel the need to fulfill it.
We don’t, and it’s probably because we think we already know how to find happiness, which usually involves acquiring something we don’t have. More money, better security, more affection. In other words, we think happiness is created by making some kind of change in the material world. Putting something into our possession, eliminating a threat, sei... See more