February 22
Desire makes a fool of whoever it rules. The lover, like the greedy man, serves a master who is never sated.
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Desire makes a fool of whoever it rules. The lover, like the greedy man, serves a master who is never sated.
When you want something very much, you become remarkably good at giving reasons. The reasons come almost by themselves: why right now is the right moment, why the expense will pay off, why one more message wouldn't be intrusive. Every objection quickly finds its answer.
This ease is striking. With questions you don't care about, you weigh things more slowly, leave gaps, say “it depends”. When you want something, though, your mind works like a skilful lawyer who doesn't question his client but defends him.
It gets difficult because real conviction feels much the same from the inside. When something truly is right for you, the reasons fall into place too. By the feeling of certainty alone you can hardly tell the two apart.
Perhaps more by what happens once you have it. Some wishes leave you at peace as soon as they are fulfilled. Others already have the next reason ready before you have properly looked at what you've got.
And it sounds just as convincing as the first.
