Left Wanting
I wanted to love you.
I wanted to give you everything
I could.
I wanted it to be enough.
© J. Foulston
"I'm coming to the conclusion that the act of wanting--anything--sets our human nature into a state of disequilibrium. And we will do whatever we have to do to set ourselves right again, to become aligned again. So logic follows that complete and utter equilibrium means the end of desire"
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"They call it non-attachment, and spiritual thinkers have been wearing themselves out trying to tell us about it for eons. To my way of thinking, life is endless paradox without the function of grace. And, if you dissect the paradoxical relationship between desire and happiness, the answer grace offers is non-attachment. So, it’s not that happiness has to be the end of wanting. But I think it does have to mean not being attached to a particular outcome. Finding peace regardless of the dish served—that’s happiness, isn’t it? Of course, it can be downright healthy to want a better helping. But avoiding disappointment if you don’t get it, that’s the trick"
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