December 08, 2024

If the only things we wanted
were to see, know, be right about
what is called for
in each situation as it arises, 
and do it when, where, and how
it needs to be done,
with nothing in it for us
beyond the joy of doing it
and the satisfaction of having done it,
the world would be way different,
and way better.

That isn't the way it is 
because we want what we want,
how we want it, when we want it,
for as long as we want it,
and then we want something else.

Because we think wanting knows something
and we will be happy ever after
if we only have what we want.

The truth is that wanting is never happy
for long.
It isn't out of the box
before we are wanting something else.

Do everyone a favor and stop wanting NOW!
Do not live to get anything.
Be fine with the way things are.

People were fine with the way things are
for thousands of years
before being happier with something else
became a thing.

Really.