Erised...

Too often, the thing you want most is the one thing you can't have. Desire leaves us heartbroken, it wears us out. Desire can wreck your life. But as tough as wanting something can be. The people who suffer the most, are those who don't know what they want.

So true it is . This word has mostly ruined lives .. be it singular or plural . We as humans have so many attractions around us that its hard to say no . To give in to these temptations seems the most easiest .  Desiring can take us across the bridge as well as over the cliff . Wanting people ... things ... dreams ... its the same under the bracket of wanting and desiring . 

But in the end desire is the fire that sets the action aflame . Not wanting is an unimaginable thing to me . Ive never seen people say they don't want anything else in life ... and I don't want to stop wanting too. Desire is as simple as wanting water for thirst , food for hunger , oxygen for the blood , love for happiness . Its our second skin to keep on wanting , craving and dreaming for more . This word More should probably be put in as a synonym for desire . Its made our life a living hell . Its ruined relationships , careers and happiness . 

But as much as its a synonym for desire ... its also the second meaning of hope . Hope .. the truly deserving but still over rated word . Its taken people down into the darkest of lives . But more than that it has melted the hardest of ice bergs . 

So desire for me isn't really a relative word ... I wouldn't put it in the 'bad' emotions bracket ... because desiring is what keeps us alive ... it makes us try harder ... it makes our heart beat till we get the one we love ... or till we die trying .... most of all it makes us desperate . And only in desperation do we achieve the greatest , be the happiest and feel equanimity which makes us desire anything and everything around us in the first place . 

I loved the concept of the Mirror of Erised in Harry Potter . Such a beautiful concept ... explained which such natural flow .... because after all we see in any mirror what we desire to be . No magical mirror needed . 

 But we should remember what Dumledore said

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live ."

Cheerio:)