Monday, April 15, 2024

Quiroga - 291

 Beyond desires

We cling to the fruit of our actions, because our actions are motivated by our desires, because if we aimed for a higher objective than living in search of personal satisfaction, and linked ourselves to social aspirations, to be able to contribute to the construction of a more fair and cordial civilization, instead of our actions being motivated by desires, they would be guided by the supply of needs.

And aware that the world does not change overnight, but through the continuity of aspirations through generations, we would not cling to the fruit of our actions, nor would possible frustrations shake us, and thus we would know true happiness, and not that which is declared tedious and illusory by those who, ignorant of everything else, declare that there is nothing to live beyond desires.

Freedom is lost to the extent that you discover that you have a lot to lose, and then begin to modulate your attitudes to defend what you consider yours, pulling the sardines to the side of your interests.

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