craving
Daisy, from The Great Gatsby
we crave many things. food, money, friends, sex. when you crave for something, you think about it. it sticks on your mind like a fly that you can’t shake off. you feel it. when you have a taste of it, you want more. the more you get, the more you want. its a never-ending cycle.
Craving is like a high maintenance girlfriend; you think the world of her, she doesn’t give back so you give more. she gives you a little and her give her a lot. she gives you nothing and you give her everything. she will never give you that thing you wanted the most – her love. she is using you. you know it – but you want to be her tool. that is her charm.
Craving will never give you what you want. you’ll chase after her. many people chase after her for most of their lives. she has nothing to offer. she’s like an empty chest buried under the ‘X’ on a treasure map. she’s all glamor – all gush and twinkle. she’s all in your mind – she is persuasion, the very idea that you are lacking and you are needing and you are desperately wanting… that is her essence.
What you need to see is that craving isn’t an enemy – it isn’t a sin. craving isn’t a mistake or a flaw. craving is just what it is, and you have to take it or leave it. make friends with craving. when you see her nearby, be amicable. but don’t ask or expect anything of her besides her company. don’t become her slave. keep your watch – she can easily take over your senses. she has a way of teasing you.
my advice – be on good terms with craving. don’t prematurely break up with her – she’s like a crazy ex-girlfriend. move on, but you know, talk to her from time to time.
