We Only Want What We Can Almost Have

We want what we cannot have. We want the money the other person earns. We enjoy spending time with the other woman. We are drawn to women we should stay away from. We spend too much on things we don't need. We want that car. That house. That woman. That luxury. The easy answer is envy. We envy those who already have it. We watch them enjoying life and feel we deserve that same enjoyment. We crave that same status. We want to feel special. We look toward other women who make us feel special again. We ignore the one at home because she no longer does. The constant need is the problem. Often the need is valid. When you're starving, it's fine to dream of food, to move toward food. The artificial hunger is the problem. There's a deeper layer beneath our desires. We don't dream of things we absolutely cannot have, or cannot afford even in our wildest imagination. We only dream of things and people we believe are within reach. Proximity to the desire creates the tension. We wrestle with this…