Get clear about what you desire

   Regardless of what certain philosophies and religions say about desire, we are designed to want things. We’re designed to desire, just as we’re designed to digest food, think, and protect ourselves.

   The practice of not wanting actually gets in the way of our humanity. Just as wanting prods us toward our humanity.
Wanting is what has created all the good in the world. Wanting has motivated the ends of wars, the invention of

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near magical products, and beautiful relationships and families.

   But wanting has also created bad in the world. Wanting has created wars, inspired greed, and broken relationships and families. A lot of the wanting that creates bad in the world is ordinary, knee-jerk wanting.  
  Obviously then, there is a certain kind of wanting that brings about good and that which is exemplary,  and there’s a certain kind of wanting that brings about the normal, ordinary negative stuff.  
  
The difference? Intention. More specifically, intentions that choose to create good for all involved. Here are some examples:

1. You have a friend who has a lot of money. Being with this friend makes you feel jealous, which is uncomfortable. In that moment, what it is that you want to feel happy? Think about this for a moment, because your answer needs to be expressed in the positive and so that everyone involved feels good. A possible answer is: I want to have all the money I need to pay for the things I want so I feel comfortable and happy.  That may sound a little Pollyanna, but it is the truth. In this statement, you’re creating the means to pay for that which you want that makes you happy. You’re not undermining anyone else. In fact the statement makes sure you don’t have creditors.
2. You’ve had a disagreement with someone and you feel wronged. Your first instinct is to punish your friend in some way. But it would be nice if your friend apologized instead. What you really  want is for the two of you to start off on new footing. What could you want so both you and your friend feel good again. How’s this: I want whatever misunderstanding we have to come out in the open to it can be cleaned away in the way that is best for the two of us so we can remain good friends.  

   Wanting is one of the most wonderful things you can do for yourself and others. Just take the time to think about what you want so it brings the most good. Take your wanting to a higher level and leave the ordinary wanting behind.

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