What do you Desire?

I desire world peace. I desire and end to hunger. I desire a cleaner environment. These are the common answers that come to mind when we know strangers are judging us. They may be true... to an extent.

We all have other desires we keep hidden away. I desire to one day wake up happy, with a clear direction in life. I desire to wake up and not feel like I'm trying to find the right path to take after losing my map and trail guides.

I also desire things like success and happiness for my friends and family. Wouldn't it be nice if we were all experiencing happinesss? That's a good desire to have. Not as much guilt over wishing for the happiness of others rather than just yourself.

I still get guilty over turning in christmas wish lists to Santa when I was a kid. My desires then were more basic, but I knew other people, other kids, had more important needs than I did. So my desires made me feel guilty.

I guess now I can desire not to feel guilty, but it isn't easy. And still selfish. I guess. I don't know. I guess the easiest thing for me to do is to desire to be a good person. Now I know some people will say things like good is subjective. What is good? Well what is a desire? A desire is personal and changes everyday. Desires are very personal and should probably stay that way.

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