Why do we always want what we can’t have?
Posted: December 18th, 2008 | Author: Ann | Filed under: Thoughts | Tags: Ann Brampton, Blog, Moving on, want what we cant have, why do we want what we cant have? |Is it human tendency or human weakness? Are there things that are so precious to us that we prefer to long for them instead of just letting go? It sounds quite silly to pine over someone or something that is unattainable. Maybe human nature dictates what we are meant to have, or not, or maybe its destiny. Sometimes the person we most want is just beyond our grasp, could it be that we only want them because we know they are out of our reach? And when they do come to us, we have moved on, and then its their turn to want what they could have had.
Maybe we cant always have the one we want, but, we can all want to have.
Wanting and pining sometimes bring us some kind of perverse pleasure. Why can’t we just use that passion to seek not for what we can’t have but to find the one that is waiting for us? Love always has a way of striking us blind, you’d think we’d learn but we fall for it every time.
I read the other day that true loves have roots that grow towards each other from underground, and when all the pretty blossoms have fallen from their branches, they find that they are one tree and not two. Love comes around very few times in a lifetime, if any at all, why do we always choose to wait for what we can’t have instead of moving on to find the next tree?
I guess that is why Shakespeare had so much to write about. The silliness of humanity right?? I guess life would be to boring if we just picked up and moved on without feeling a sense of passion or striving. God only knows, if I knew the answer I would be rich…
If you ever do…. find the answer, lol…. let me know lol
Thanks for reading, writing and sharing :o)
Humans are never happy with what they are. This is why we strive for something, someone better. If we could only realize the beauty of the way things are and the nature of people, than we would smile more.
Life is an everlasting maze.
Love is a tital wave its massive power crushes you into a swirling mess of an unbreathable atmosphere. It catches you by surprise and takes you away and than washes you up to somewhere you dont recognize anymore.
its weird i mean i always want things i can’t have but if you notice its because of the chase, if we always get what we want then everyone would die of boredom and also when we get what we want we sometimes find we don’t want it anymore. it is just human nature.